No music!

I am not a yoga instructor... I teach Breathe, which is a fusion class of Tai-Chi, Yoga, Pilates and Meditation. We use music to keep the beat, and to keep our choreography flowing.

I teach most every Saturday morning. This morning was no different. I walked into the studio (my class is after a TKO class) and the previous instructor tells me "The speakers aren't working... I don't think the stereo is working at all!"

OMG! Now, I'm a little freaked... what am I going to do?!?

What could I do?!? Send the members away? NO! ...I improvised without music!!! I felt like a true yoga instructor! I have never taught a class in silence before, the only sound was me talking... no wonder yoga instructors start sounding so monotone and repetitive.
"Inhale, reach up to extended mountain. Exhale, forward fold.
Inhale to lunge. Exhale, downdog."

I was pretty proud of myself for making it through the class without a hitch. I guess that just shows my many years of experience shining through. :)
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Older Breathe Video

I have been meaning to do this for some time, post a video of myself teaching a track of two or this "Breathe" class that I talk so much about.

So without further adieu, I present to you my first Breathe video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhIAHsq-kFM

Let me know what you think!
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Another Video

Tonight, we are videoing another edition of our signature series DVD's (for educational purposes, of course!) and one of our Breathe instructors has bailed on the taping. So that means the two of us left taping have to pick up the slack for her 3 tracks. (As well as my current 2 tracks, I will be additionally doing the meditation track, which should be easy enough :)

I hope the camera doesn't add those damn 10 pounds again. Last time I saw the video I thought I looked extremely short and thick! lol
(and today we will be wearing green tops and white pants... ack, even worse!)
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They picked some of MINE!

I am going to get to help create the choreography for a couple of tracks on the next BREATHE release!!!! I'm sooo pumped because I've thought I could do this for a while, there was just never an openning for me to get involved!
I get to help with the Leg Strength Track (basically yoga warrior poses) and the Folds Track (pre-meditation track, should be way easy to do!) I even get to choreograph song that I submitted :) "Dare you to Move" by Switchfoot & "Teardrops" by Massive Attack. I have started on it today, pulling the song apart, verse by verse... this is the hardest part! Putting the choreography together should be a sinch!

Wish me luck!