Load Shedding

I took this picture as I was walking home from the store tonight. Power was out all day in our area as part of the load shedding scheme. Thursday is our day, apparently. Power came back on here and there starting around 7 p.m. It was so dark in this area that I walked right past the store I meant to go to and ended up at another one. All's well. I made it home without stepping into a pothole.

Another class with Prashant this morning, then the three-hour practice. I am getting so many good ideas from what other people do in the practice hall. These goodies will be doled out in my teaching after I practice with them a bit myself. Later I watched Raya's  Intermediate class. No mat! Hold yourself up with your legs, he said. It did make it easier to fit the 50 or so students into the class.

There was a funny moment when after all the standing poses, they took Upavistha Konasana (a seated pose, legs wide apart). For that pose, one man went to get a sticky mat. Raya asked (my words), "Why do you need a sticky mat? What could slip now?"