I'm the Yoga teacher!

I introduced Sharky to the class for the first time.  He was wearing a Hawaiian Lei and sat in on the class.

My engaged students

This morning was so exciting!  I got to teach my first hour long Yoga class to everyone!  We all have complete complete artistic, creative ability when creating our own classes to teach so I chose to do a class for hip and shoulder openers.  I also themed the class to honor the Spirit of Aloha and my favorite state of Hawaii.  The music was all Hawaiian Aloha style and I threw in several yoga asana's that have names that corespond with the Hawaiian sealife like Dolphin pose, Turtle pose, Fish pose, and so on.  It was alot of fun.  I got alot of great feedback and I felt pretty good being the teacher.  A little scarey but super exciting.

Directing my students to the wall with their blocks.  The blocks really help tone and strengthen the inner legs and help support the knees.

Assisting Shebby with her shoulder and back stretch

Once I started getting into it I was having fun and becoming more comfortable.  Some of the students commented that they could tell my guidance was authentic and came from the heart.  That made me really happy.

I was the first in my class to teach an hour long session.  I am really looking forward to being their students too.  I am sure everyone has their own unique style, which makes Yoga so cool!

I finished class with Brother IZ's song, Over the Rainbow, in Savasana.  It was a lovely moment quietly listening to that song with the ocean breeze in my hair and the crashing sound of waves in the background, and knowing I just completed my first Yoga class ever.

Some of the students said they had tears of joy in thier eyes and were really touched by my class.  Hey, this job ain't to bad at all! I loved it.

Guiding my class through guided imagery and meditation in Savashana.

Last night I took some beautiful photo's of the sunset I would love to share.  Stay tuned for the next blog too, I got to swim with Dolphins out front of our Hawaiian home.  I have some great under water shots I will share next time.

Mahalo.