These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Susan Evans, West Chester/Cincinnati, OH

I was just about to teach my class the Six Healing Sounds and I told them that I really hoped they would like it, as it was my favorite. The whole class started to laugh. I didn’t understand. When I asked, they told me that I’d said the same thing about almost every move. (But I really do like the Six Healing Sounds)

I told them that when I do my personal practice I find myself sort of mentally sighing and thinking, “This is great, this is my favorite.” A few minutes later I’m doing the same thing with the next move. This continues throughout the whole form. Although I know it’s silly, I can’t help myself and the same thing happens every single time.

One day I was talking to a former student and he told me he was still practicing every day. He asked if I remembered telling his class about my favorite moves and he said he was doing exactly the same thing. He said he keeps telling himself that it’s silly to think it, as they all can’t be his favorites. But telling himself this doesn’t make any difference.

I guess we are both truly “in the moment.”