A day outside.

I realized today something. One thing that Francis pointed out. He was right, we should give without expecting something back. We should just give. Every time I would give someone something, I would be scared of doing a mistake or not giving it to the right person. Trust is one of those things. But today I learned that I should just trust. What the other person does with it, is his or her choice. But I know that I trusted them 100 % and even if I get hurt afterwards, I know that I was not lacking anything; it was the other person that did not know how to take care of my trust. So now I am willing to give my 101% without asking for anything back.

I have been stressed this whole week about stupid little things. I think it was me myself who was making life much harder then it is. I also noticed how weak I was getting mentally as well as physically. Today, I was close to skipping class cos I barely could move but I am glad that I forced myself to go to class because every class period I learn something new about myself. I look at life from another angle now. I always say, I don't regret my mistakes but I learn from them. Today, I think nothing in life is a mistake but an experience, something that is necessary for us in any field of life, even if it is pain.

It was a good class and I enjoyed the air outside. I feel like a burden was taken off my shoulders. Thank you Francis for making every day a new experience and teaching us more about ourselves and our capabilities.

Week Four

Class has become more and more interesting. I enjoy learning the dance. Kalyani and Ravali did such a great job teaching us certain moves. I can notice, as we proceed each week, the dance becomes more and more complex but that is what makes it more exciting. Walking in a certain way (which looks like dancing) with a cup on the head definitely acquired some concentration. It was funny when Francis caught me "cheating." I tied my hair up to a bun and placed the cup on top of it, which kept it from falling. It was pretty funny.

The "sir dit pun dit" circle is just awesome. It looks like, it would be really easy but it's really not. It is hard to keep the speed while the other group is "chaking." And because the other group was depended on our "sir dit pun dit," we had to make sure we were not going to fast or too slow. We ended up getting faster. It looked funny when Francis did it by himself at first but once we did it ourselves, it was serious stuff.

I am curious to know what we are going to do in class tomorrow.

The Dance

Monday was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed what Kalyani was teaching us. Even though I am originally Indian, I never learned how to dance the traditional Indian dance. I did not have big problems to learn the steps, and I kind of knew some movements from watching Indian movies. The end of class was also intersting.

My first day of class

Today was my first day of class because i missed class on Wednesday due to the glitches in the sign up system. Class was interesting, actually really relaxing. It feels like stress is approaching us from everywhere but here we could actually breath and learn while we let our spirits free. Stretching really felt good; I feel less tense now. I also liked the fact that all students had the choice to introduce themselves whenever they wanted to and add the information of their choice. I am excited about Wednesday.