Here we go again. I signed up for another 200-hour teacher training that starts in a little under a month. It’s completely different from my first one.

In asana, we are constantly exploring the balance of stira and sukha.
Sukha means with ease, comfort and happiness. Stira means with a fixed, attentive mind. Sukha = sweet / Stira = strength. I’ve noticed that the stira has been taking over lately – which is funny because for so much of my life a “fixed, attentive mind” was not exactly how a friend would describe me. (like one time, in college, I was walking out of the art museum with a friend and got so wrapped up in our conversation about the exhibit, I almost walked right into traffic. He pulled me back to the sidewalk. I like to think I’ve come a very long way.)

So I’m doing a training to get down with my sweet self in a grounded way. Dive a little deeper into meditation, breath work, and a different level of asana exploration. (Also, we are required to have a neti pot and a tongue scraper, so I know I’m in for some new experiences.)

So here we go again, further on up the road, following the spark through the foggy field.