My experience at the Shiva Rea Flow4Change event was phenomonal to say the least, however, once I was there, I was really outside my comfort level. A class of 60 or so, mostly from the sponsoring studio. Then even the structure of the class was a big shift from what I’ve become accustomed to over at my favorite place for yoga. I had only heard of SHiva Rea and seen her in the magazines, so I was excited for the opportunity as she seems to have quite a following. First off, she has abs of titanium, as a massage therapist I almost always give the once over as far as just how deep I would need to go if someone were to ask for deep tissue, she was definitely a good example of the muscular system, most of her superficial muscle being very defined.
She started the class by having everyone put their yoga mats aside. This made me start to worry. Then we joined hands in a circle, which actually was great, the energy has certainly been palpable in the area and it was nice to connect for awhile. Following that it was a sort of directed free-form movement, again way outside my comfort zone. I finally was able to let myself go, I thought of some of my students and how sometimes I give a direction and there’s a pause, I can feel everyone waiting. THey all want to know that someone else is doing it too. This actually served me well as encouragement to just let go and trust Shiva.
I’m glad I did, I ended up having a great class. I even got some one on one time with SHiva herself.
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