Knackered...

Thats the word...

5 days with John Scott...and I am realllyyy knackered...

Hmm....it was a fun workshop..only dampened by the misleading marketing the studio put up that it was an intensive teacher's training...well..John set it straight...not teacher's training...just advanced course...I don't feel any different about it...but it kinda made the whole thing a little sour because some people who came had he impression it was a real teacher's training...I guess its quite right that there can't be a teacher's training in 5 days!!..

Anyhow..on to the fun bits...we did 2 full led primary series classes...and daily vinyasa technique classes..and 1 mysore style class. Sad to say I bombed out of the mysore class early...not really because I was "knackered"..but because John said to concentrate on a point of focus..and when you lose it, to stop and lie down...so I took it very literally and stopped when I couldn't concentrate on my breath anymore because of all sorts distraction around me..turns out everyone else apparently could focus really well..and most finished the whole series. I was not too disappointed about stopping cos i got to watch all the great adjustments John was giving to people...but when he took a few people through the backbending with tic tocs I regret not finishing off and doing backbends with him...shucks.

The led classes were really fun..and intense cos there really was no time for the usual futzing around I get to do during mysore like wiping the sweat and tying my hair etc...it was non stop..and fast!!! and felt REALLY great;)

What did I learn? Well..basically I think I got the hang of the UP after utkatasana..which I never did..except when James asked me to do a bakasana instead...and I kinda know the technique for the up after warrior 2..but flop when doing it...somwthing about what he said about tranferring weight into the hands and bending the knees and just falling on the hands after utkatasana really worked in getting me to spring up into a balance point..so cool!

hahah..and I've been applying that up into my surya namaskaras as well..hahahha..its fun to kinda bounce up into a half handstand in the surya namaskaras...Also we got to try jumping through directly into pursvotanasana..that was really fun too.

All in all...really fun..but I think next time..I'd rather spend a few days in Singapore with J than in a crowded workshop...its got nothing to do with John's teaching...just that I think I'd learn way more by doing than by theory...I guess its all about practice..practice and more practice...

Think I'd start planning my trip to Singapore soon....