Thursday 17 March 2016

Afterglow. Ermm...?

Last night,  after practicing single palm change for perhaps as little as 10 minutes, I experienced something of a revelation.

At class just the Monday before,  teacher had mentioned a curious sensation often felt after walking the circle.  The sensation of aliveness of the limbs and big hands.

I had dismissed it as something people of greater ability would perhaps feel, but didn't expect it to happen for me.

Yet I did, indeed, feel just that.  Could have been my minds creating an experience I wanted to share.  But I'd like to feel that, on that night, at least, I was "doing it right".

Monday 14 March 2016

Making a sandwich...

Excellent class tonight.

Discussed the idea of quality and quantity of daily training.  Something I've mentioned on this blog before. 

The analogy of having a sandwich was used.  While it is possible to make the perfect sandwich (steak and onions with lettuce, tomato and English mustard, on a granary baguette, maybe?) with the right amount of time and resources, sometimes a piece of bread and dripping is all you can manage.  Or maybe a helman's sarnie spread butties?

If all you can manage is 10 mins, that's.  If you've got the time but can't be arsed,  just do something simple.

Doesn't matter what you do...  Only that you do.

Makes it much more enjoyable,  too - and creates a playful mindset.