Sunday sub

This past Sunday I went to our Yoga class which is usually lead by a most competent Yoga intructor. She was not present, and the class was lead by a substitute. I assumed that the class would be just another class, but I was pleasantly surprised because the instructor taught the class in such a positive way. As a retired middle school teacher, the word substitute conjures up a less than positive image. It is not that a public school substitute does not try, it is just that middle school students are often less than easy to work with. It is so different in a Yoga class because there are usually no middle school aged children present. I like everyone else in the class attends because we want to, not because we have to. The Yoga instructor has the advantage of being able to teach the class without interruption. This particular class was important for me because I had been away from Yoga for several weeks. I could have done Yoga on the cruise ship, but I was too busy taking in the Greek Isles as well as the food.

I measure success in a number of ways. I felt that the class was a success for me because I was able to get into the flow of my practice very quickly with the expert directions of our substitute instructor. I had no muscular ill effects after the practice. After the class, I had to wait in line to thank the instructor because several members of the class were also doing this.

It is nice to know that people will perform a task at their best even if they are "just subbing"