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Peter
was not due to arrive until Monday morning and Lisa was teaching
us over the weekend, so the week began with dinner and introductions
in the lounge. There were seventeen of us, coming along for
different reasons and needs. Stephen welcomed all of us and
was very forthcoming with the history of Lendrick and also
shared both his and Vicki’s hopes and dreams for the
future. He introduced us to Carol who was the house manager
and we also met Bracha who was the in-house masseuse for our
week.
Lisa took care of us with love, great expertise
and an abundance of patience. The morning session begun at
7.15 until 8.15 then from 10 until 12.30 ish and lastly from
4, finishing around 6pm. 'Experiential' was her aim for us
over the weekend. We worked hard at experiencing this Scaravelli-type
yoga, and were enchanted with Lisa.
Big Dave described Lisa as completely 'egoless',
teaching from her heart. A hard act to follow, Peter Blackaby!
Peter stepped in as effortlessly as he did
everything else. Here is a man who really 'Walks the Talk'.
He arrived with his spine and leg underarm!!! to establish
to us how the skeleton and muscles work together, how the
bones of the skeleton transmit forces, how the muscles move
us around and how the fluid within the body is a hydraulic
force. He really stressed the importance of the feet, and
we all endeavoured to free and bring life into our toes throughout
the week. Peter’s knowledge of the engineering of the
body was exceptional. His teaching, particularly of the asanas
was completely different from the mainstream, which Anne summed
up as completely undoing her understanding, in a lovely way!
We studied each asana in detail, reiterating the benefits
and discussing the possible dangers, verified the importance
of the breath. We worked with asana, pranayama, sound and
laughter and shared a love of yoga in and out of the yoga
room. Like Lisa, Peter was completely egoless, approachable
and open.
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