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Last night at class, instead of massage, we had Jack Fontana come in to work with us on our breathing. We practiced Conscious Connected Breathing.
Jack sat down with us to explain the process and to learn a little about us. The process was simple – breathe through your mouth and keep it going, one after the other, and again and again and so on. What was going to happen, Jack explained, is that we would begin to release layers of suppressed energy. That I-don’t-like-that-and-I’m-not-going-to-deal-with-that-now-so-I’m-going-to-look-over-here kind of suppressed energy. The feelings of this energy being released may come in different forms – pressure on a certain part of the body, tingling, crying – everyone’s response would be different.
So, we relaxed on the floor, Jack put on some music, and we started breathing. At first my thoughts kept interrupting so I kept forgetting to breathe. Jack would remind us to keep breathing. I also would yawn a lot (as I normally do because I’m a shallow breather) so that would interrupt my flow of breaths. Finally, I got into it. I think I might have even dozed off a couple times? I’m not sure. I had some tingling in my left forearm – which is what had been irritating me since Tuesday’s class, and every so often I would feel a twitch or twinge in my foot, hand, or knee. I felt like a load of bricks when I was done.
Jack has us explain our experiences with the class. Everyone had a different reaction, and I’m not sure everyone liked it. I know the one girl and I both liked it. And when I asked how long we had been doing it, Jack replied, About an hour and 15 minutes. Wow! Most of us were thinking it was about 20 minutes.
On the drive home, I felt so good. Just…relieved. Happy to be alive and happy about possibilities – which may have also come from decisions earlier in the day, but that’s another story. I had a lot of energy when I got home. I told E, I’m not sure if it’s because of the breathing or because I feel like I took a long nap. Either way.
I would like to try that again. I will give it a try on my own and see how that goes. And maybe try to attend a breathing session somewhere. Who knows? Maybe I’ll travel to New Orleans and see Jack.
Well, I don’t know how it happened, but I got paired up with STBF tonight. I will, from now on, call him Creepy Guy.
It wasn’t so bad when he was the “client”. We were doing a guided full-body Swedish, and I know all the moves, so it was basically just following instructions. He likes/needs a LOT of pressure and that’s a bit hard for me. I will have to work on figuring out ways to really get behind some of the moves for clients who need more pressure – without tearing up my body.
Then I got on the table and he wasn’t following along at all. The point of him following along was so I could feel what it was that I had been doing. But, no, he’s doing his show-off-do-my-own-thing thing. It was irritating.
He found a knot just under my left scapula. I couldn’t feel it, but he swore it was there. The only thing I felt was him pushing on that one spot and my growing irritation with him promising to get rid of it for me. Gah! Stop touching me. Finally, apparently, the knot when away and he moved on. I thought it odd that he concentrated on that one spot, but didn’t do anything about the knots in my neck.
He “accidentally” pulled my sheet down a bit much while adjusting it. Of course this is the night I wear a thong to class instead of bikini briefs. What? We’re usually very covered!
Then, while doing the leg stretching, he kept getting on the table to “get behind the stretch”. Really? If you can’t get it from where you’re standing OFF the table, then give it up.
And, finally, while working on the arms, he sat right on the table next to me. Our hips were touching. WEIRD.
Now my left forearm, into my hand, and especially my pinky finger are tingling. I’m not sure if it was from him working on me, or me working on him. I don’t like it, and I hope it goes away quick-like.
We got a bunch more homework again tonight and I’m feeling a little overwhelmed again. Especially since this weekend is shot due to E racing. Guess I’ll be at the track with my laptop and text book.
When you have the exact amount of milk for your cereal.
Also, when your hair behaves perfectly.
So here is what I’m working on: Compare and contrast the organization and bundled arrangements of the structures of a muscle, bone, and nerve.
Can you see why I’m procrastinating?
Facebook is my friend. Especially since my husband is off checking out a Ducati he wants to buy.
