Geeta taught about backbends and inversions today. She showed several sequences for opening the thoracic spine and taking care of the cervical spine. It's detailed work, and there is a reason for each particular way that she adjusts the student, the props and herself. Their is no careless or useless instruction or adjustment. As a teacher myself I know how much knowledge, effort and care is necessary to be effective and safe in this work. So, to see her do her work is AMAZING! She is a master.
There is no note taking allowed in the yoga hall. Geeta told us today that she has never written down what she learned by watching her father. She was never allowed to ask questions . . . no questions were allowed. She only observed. Then she had to ask herself, "If he moved to the right side of the student to make that adjustment, there must be a reason. If he supported the cervical spine in this pose and not in that, there must be a reason. What is the reason?"
Think about it. What good is a note on a paper? The experience and knowledge must be in your cells. You learn by doing, not by taking notes about doing. What real and valuable knowledge have you ever learned by taking a note?
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