Breakdown Week

Week 5 is breakdown week. What that means is almost everyone is either crying, laughing hysterically, or really really angry. The combination of sleep-deprevation, posture clinic twice a day, dialogue memorization, and yoga twice a day accelerates the process of getting rid of the crap [mentally and physically] out of your system. It wasn't so bad for me since I had my crying week a couple of weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, I still had my share of tears this week, but it wasn't as intense as before.

I managed to be the last one to get Tree Pose in on Thursday night. The lead teacher said we'll take two more, then wrap it up for the night. So I jumped up and got in the queue [This is in the foyer/entrance of the suite, where we prepare/freak out/calm down before we walk into the "yoga room", the main area of the room in front of everyone].

They were talking a long time to the guy who presented before me, and then the lead teacher said that all for tonight. I said "Noooooooo, I have been back here doing Pranayama Breathing for 5 minutes! Please let me go, plllllleeeease!". And the rest of the Group 8'er's were cheering to let me do my dialogue. So they said okay, and it certainly was NOT my best performance. There seemed to be a 10-second delay between my brain and my mouth - probably that sleep-deprevation thing! My group said I did fine, and the teacher-feedback was okay, but I was disappointed. But it's done, so great, move on, start studying Toe Stand for tomorrow morning!