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I'm working my way back into regular, scheduled training, both for my body and my mind. Here's what's going on and/or coming up:
I start teaching a new session of boot camp tonight. I'm looking forward to getting a new crop of people working out. Depending on the weather, I might get them to warm up by doing a lap around the block. I wanted to run this morning, but it was disgustingly smoggy. The sky ought not to be taupe. But it looks all blue with fluffy white clouds, now.
I made a vow a while back that I'd do something creative every single day. Yesterday was the first failure in a long while. But I will make up for it today. I have my sumi-e mostly set up for practice today.
In other news, I bought roller blades today for $2.50 at a thrift shop. I've never rollerbladed before. I just might die. Eee!
A thought from earlier today: Your body and mind are not disposable. Take excellent care of them, for they must last you your entire life.
You owe it to yourself.
- Advanced yoga classes (mixed traditions). Every two weeks, I've been doing 3-hour yoga workshops. The last two have dealt with back bends and handstands. I've been working hard, and now I can do a handstand or a headstand easily (although still not without wall support).
- Sumi-e classes. After a rough first class, I think it's starting to click. My paintings don't make me laugh with their awfulness as much anymore.
- TRX suspension training. I sat in on a class yesterday to see what it was like, and it looks helluva hard, and helluva effective. The exercises are all pretty familiar to me, but the suspension of it all makes the body work so very much harder. I expect to see significant results by the end of 6 weeks of regular training.
- China painting. I start this next week. I don't really know what to expect, but am looking forward to doing more visual artwork. I've become so rusty, these past few years.
- Contemporary dance. I've enjoyed my classes a lot, and especially like the running leaps and spins. I'm disappointed that my last class is tomorrow. I want to take more in the autumn.
- In the autumn, I also hope to begin voice training. I've wanted this for many years. Now it may finally happen. I'm especially interested in Arabic-style voice training, and if anyone knows where I can get that kind of training around here, please let me know.
- Academic courses, still to be determined. I want to start these in the winter. Maybe Latin, more Fine Arts, or more Classics coursework.
I start teaching a new session of boot camp tonight. I'm looking forward to getting a new crop of people working out. Depending on the weather, I might get them to warm up by doing a lap around the block. I wanted to run this morning, but it was disgustingly smoggy. The sky ought not to be taupe. But it looks all blue with fluffy white clouds, now.
I made a vow a while back that I'd do something creative every single day. Yesterday was the first failure in a long while. But I will make up for it today. I have my sumi-e mostly set up for practice today.
In other news, I bought roller blades today for $2.50 at a thrift shop. I've never rollerbladed before. I just might die. Eee!
A thought from earlier today: Your body and mind are not disposable. Take excellent care of them, for they must last you your entire life.
You owe it to yourself.
