So......I teach at "The Spa" here in Palm Springs California,. A wonderful benefit of teaching at "The Spa" is that.......I never know who may show up. Although there is a membership base - guest show up adding new dimensions to my regular class experience.
Yesterday at 7AM I taught Beaming with Strength - a class that combines the Beamfit Beam with weights and the Body Bar. A woman walked in ( Rose) and said "hi I am here visiting from New Haven ......what do I need for this class?" I assisted her , getting her a beam.....showing her where the weights are etc. I then introduced her to a member of the class....someone she could keep an eye on if she could not always see me.
I taught the class for the aloted time slot 7:00 - 8:30......glancing over at Rose quite often to see how she was doing......the look on her face - in an affort to keep a handle on how she was doing. I could not "read" her face. She was almost expressionless as she walked the beam - lifted the Body Bar and pushed the weights.
When it was all over she quietly walked over to me and said.......
"I have never seen this beam before....never taken a class like this before......I can't explain it. I have taken step, yoga, spinning......worked with weights ....taken stretch classes.......but I have never experienced anything like this. I can't explain how I feel. I feel like I worked out , I sweated and was challenged......but the feeling I have after your class....I have never felt before...it is almost as if I have been transformed. I feel taller - I feel stronger - but........well......I feel as though my attitude is different......... I feel like I took yoga "PLUS"...........
I smiled at her and simply said........."Rose......your BEAMING"!!! Her face lit up and she said "you know what.....that is the best way to describe it!" I smiled at her again , put my hand on her shoulder and said "I know."
