Friday 13 June 2014

Istanbul - Alice in Wonderland with Incandescence

I just returned from a marvellous run of shows in the Mall of Istanbul.  As part of the Incandescence Company's Alice in Wonderland show I performed as the Sleepy Doormouse.  The show went down very very well and was loved by both children and adults, with wonderful large happy audiences each day.  It was a pleasure to once again perform with the wonderful Incandescence, and I look forward to my next adventure with them this summer, a 3 week tour to Bolivia, exciting times :-)








Handstand



Live your own life, follow your own star.

Set your own patterns in life.

Dare to be different.

IYSF World Championships Yoga Asana 2014

My first time participating in the World Championships representing the UK, and my 3rd ever time participating in any type of asana competition.

3 minutes, 5 compulsory postures, 2 optional postures.

I did 5 beautiful for me compulsory postures and 1 beautiful optional posture.  Sadly i got quad cramp on my last optional posture which i did but had to exit it early, resulting in a zero score for that posture.  Somehow, and because my other six postures scored quite highly then i still finished 29th out of 54 (i just had to look this up as i typed, i'm not attached to where i placed, it just seems other people are...), unlike me the vast majority of the 54 were scored out of their completed 7 postures, and so if i had of held that last posture I very likely would have been through to the next days finals, but sh*t happens and each time i fall it is because there is something down there for me to learn.  It just wasn't my time this year, everything happens for a reason.  I admit it did slightly hurt, i worked very hard, and it can be frustrating not doing what i know i can do.  But that work is not lost, it carries over.  And like I continually emphasise, this is just 3 minutes on stage, what does it assess, what do the placings mean? it just shows 3 minutes in that moment, on that day, on stage.  Everyone that placed from 1st to 54th is amazing in their own individual way (the people that made day2finals though, wow they have incredible asanas with beautiful alignment, lovely to watch).  What the three minutes do not show is my journey, and the journey is important to me as it is where i mostly learn and mostly develop.  The championships is like a catalyst to me, it enhances my practice and takes it to new places, asana and more.  I have met many incredible people through it, and have made many new friends from around the world.  And for next year, i will just keep working hard, developing my practice, taking it to wherever it takes me, and whatever happens happens, because my practice offstage inside the yoga room will always be just my practice, unjudged and compared to no-one around me, my journey is my journey.    
I look forward to working towards next years championships.