Bill asked about the yoga teacher training that I’m doing.

I’m 6 weeks into a 2 year Yoga Teachers Association Australia (YTAA) approved teacher training course being taught by Kate Pell at West End Yoga.

In this first term the course consists of a 2 hour lead practice session on Monday at 6 am, a 2 hour “Alignment in Practice” class on Wednesday at 6 am, 2 hours on Thursday night for Anatomy and Physiology, and for the first five weeks of the term, 3 hours on Friday night for Yogic Philosophy.

In addition there are three home practices a week of 2 hours (6 hours home practice), and we’ve already done 1 weekend workshop of 12 hours.

I’ve struggled with the home practice, with the other responsibilities I have - my present job with its irregular schedule, my son Prahlad, the Sunday Feast, and the members of the Atma Yoga core community.

I talked with Kate about it yesterday morning after the Alignment class, and she was understanding, supportive, and encouraging. “You guys have a strong bhakti yoga practice, so you don’t have to worry too much about that,” she said. “There are times in life when it’s easy, and other times when it won’t be so easy. Try to block out 1 hour a week to do a home practice, and then when you’ve done that hour you might just decide to stretch it out another half hour”.