A Creative Class Format

Joanne Sultar, Berkeley, CA

April 26, 1993 We brought large paper bags and markers to class so that people having difficulty finding a correct stance could have one traced–made to order–one with left foot forward–one with the right foot forward. Seemed very helpful for a few people–from now on I expect I’ll carry some bags and a marker to class. (What would seem a basic and simple position to many, is just not so simple for others–as you know.)

Tonight’s format for 1 1/2 hour class:

10 minutes; individual stretches–meditative music, bringing the self back to the self, the breath into awareness, inhabiting the body.

5 minutes: brief hello’s around the circle, sitting meditation

60 minutes: reviewing legwork, and new moves, continuous practice of TCC

15 minutes: Silent (Himalayan Bowls cassette) individual choice: sitting meditation, moving individually or in pairs, looking at available books, having “paper bag stance” made.

An especially satisfying evening. People moved well.