First 15 minutes of the work: standing, sitting and what is in between & beyond. I feel I am beginning at the place of less effort than one week ago.
Second half: lie-down. I request to go through it as if I was doing it for the first time. This works and is useful - I recently felt that my practice became stale - I got stuck!
Here are few Michelle's guidelines for me I wrote down later in the evening:
No expectations.
I'm not going anywhere.
I don't have to do anything.
No concern about passing of time.
The head is resting on the book.
Enjoy the support of the floor.
Feet are on the floor, knees are going up.
Eyes are resting softly in the eye sockets.
Stay connected with what is outside.
Remember to stop doing!
Then, a bit more work with the chair. At the end of the lesson, after peeling away some layers of tensions, the pain in the lower back gets uncovered, which triggers an emotional state associated with this tension. This apparently is an inevitable part of the process, however it's rather unsettling and uncomfortable. But at least this time I understand how it works, at least I think I do! There's a price we have to pay for change and self-awareness.
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