Papa, can you hear me!? Strange times. Uncertain times. Challenging. Plain old weird. Pivot. Reframe. Yes, I entered into the twilight zone of intense learning to get the hang of teaching online! I hadn’t even used Zoom until the beginning of March but quickly took up a subscription when the rumblings of social distancing and lockdown started to trend.
Where do I look? Do I smile? At who? Their camera is off: what’s happening behind there? Are they just watching? I can’t play my music because it interferes with the Zoom audio. Wow, I never realised how weird it was to do a class with no music. Is anyone still there? Are they okay? I ran one class where every person switched off their video so I had no feedback at all which was another first for me. The technology challenged clients. Can you see me? Can you hear me? Is it on? What’s happening? Papa, can you hear me?
I went back onto my mat, that safety blanket. It’s how I first started teaching back in the old days, going through the motions of the asana and trying to find my way. It was more tiring and took a lot more energy. But then I realised we were in a global pandemic and I had tried to keep everything the same - apart from it was through a computer screen!
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