August 3rd, 2019
- Treat class, and your every opportunity to practice, as a gift, as a special time for you.
- Listen to every correction given. Try to implement it, even if it wasn’t given to you.
- Take a correction to the nth degree. Your teacher can always pull you back.
- If you don’t understand the correction, ask.
- A class is a lab. Experiment continually. Never do it the same way twice.
- Step out of your comfort zone
- Work with what you have. Celebrate your gifts, while working your damnest to overcome any shortcomings.
- Believe that pushing through and learning something in that weird, boring or super-challenging class will pay off.
- There will always be bad days. Do not be defined by them.
- Push yourself. Hard. But acknowledge when you have done all you can, at least for the time being. Sometimes the epiphany, the breakthrough, comes later.
- Immediate gratification is rare. When it happens it is the result of years of training. The fun and the joy are in the struggle.
- It is never too early to gain a firm grasp on somatic concepts. If you wait too long to develop this beautiful mind, your body might be an unwilling partner.
- Did I say to treat every chance to practice as a gift?