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That would be awesome! Also: please be careful. This virus can be a serious threat, stay home for a while. ------ Quick, yet intense, session. Rings pull-ups: 1x9 + 1x8 + 1x7 Today I felt tired, probably because of poor sleep. But also because I'm training a lot my arms these days Ring support hold: 3x40s SLS: 2x20 Pushed through the heels as much as I could. Still the quad tries to compensate a bit too much, especially on the right leg ------- Today I've felt discomfort in my shoulders since when I woke up, basically. I blame yesterday's push-up session. Today's training somehow made them feel better, but they're still tired. I think I need to back off a little. Better safe than sorry. ------- Yoga Nidra: today my right quad relaxed almost completely. I felt it nice and warm, with some occasional twitch. The right one was still holding too much tension, though. ------ So, @Nathan, I haven't updated you on my EMDR path, yet. Mostly because it's difficult to explain how it is practiced. It's also impossible to say how it works, since there's no scientific consensus atm. Basically it acts on an emotional level. The therapist makes you recall a difficult memory and focus on the emotions it evokes. From then, it's basically a meditation session: you follow the stream of images and sensations without interfering. If you get distracted or the stream stops, you come back to the initial image. In the meantime the therapist is tapping on your legs alternatively, with a fixed rhythm. Every X seconds, the therapist says: “what are you noticing right now?”. It can take a session or two to get the hold of the practice, but then you actually appreciate that something is happening. Buried thoughts emerge and emotions are more prominent. I don't know if it will work, but so far it's interesting. My therapist also says clearly that talking about concepts in this phase is useless at best, dangerous at worst. It all must remain at a purely experiential level, which resonates a lot with the core teachings of ST. Speaking of which, today my therapist said something worth mentioning. She said I've done a lot of things to manage my issues; every tool I have at my disposal is very useful. Yet my core problem is over-control and this could turn my tools against me, morphing them into the bars of a cage. When I explained the purpose of my late practices (such as ST), she then said something I'm sure will make @Kit_L smile: “Trying not to control is itself an attempt in controlling”. Just a little koan to end this post, which is way too long.

Mon - Rest. Only of sorts since the UK and SA both announced full lock-down and my two main projects are located there so lots of calls dealing with crisis management and contingency planning. Fascinating to see how individuals and groups you know are dealing with things. Tue - First day of the fresh program. 5k Out and In route with 1k of 8x stride outs at 1500 pace. Felt nice to do something other than jog easy. Few cars and few people out and about. Shops getting on top of provisioning here, the queuing system has been sorted, then the shop was almost empty of people and no shortages at all other than narrower choice than usual. Perhaps Im suddenly an extra in The Truman Show.

I have put my classes online via Zoom. Learning curve is steep but it has become necessary to preserve my current only source of income. I have asked my clients to re-enroll at the normal rate. So far I have taught 4 classes. My classes are usually 6 to 8 people. I personally invite them into a new meeting every time. They prepay, otherwise no invite. This allows me to control who can come in and I can mute their microphones. If I feel the need to record the class, I can and this is available on the upgraded paid version.The downside is that it is hard to watch every student and so I invite them to make comments from time to time. My clients have expressed a wish not to follow a video as they like the coaching model of being able to ask me instructions and questions as we practice. I have also found Zoom to be great for 1-on-1 sessions. Private clients have been able to maintain their appointments with me. It’s not ideal but it’s been a good alternative when being face-to-face is not possible. The opportunity out of the current chaos of COVID-19, is that I have invited other teachers to join the class from outside Sydney. To see what others like to do and exchange ideas in real time is great fun. We haven’t had this kind of connection post training. We could also take this idea further and see teachers from the other side of the world on a regular basis without the need to travel. I would like to hear from others doing something like this.

I bought a glass table recently from ebay; we will be picking it up on my return from Queensland on Monday, assuming interstate travel has not been banned. we will be making the definitive "rolling on the balls" programs soon. Using a low angle from under the table, we will be able to show all the rolling details that up until now, have not been able to be shown. @Nathan: I watched ~20" of that program you linked to, and that was all I could take! (the voices.) Your advice is spot on: each person has to find his/her own tension, and find out how to relax over the found tension.