It still stings

Shortly after I woke up this morning I felt a sharp pain in the area where the gash is--just beyond the left corner of my mouth, extending upward for about 1/4 of an inch.  The lower end of the stitching.  I couldn't come up with a description of how it felt, but then it came to me--it felt like I had just been cut; that sharp pain you feel when you cut yourself on a piece of glass.  But this is a gash that was made over 3 weeks ago.  Perhaps it's part of the healing process.  The gash is the part that has healed the least--still looks fairly open and very red.  I continue to put Vaseline on the whole area--the gash, the large red splotch, and the slight gash above the splotch, partially hidden in the deep fold line that runs from my nose to my mouth.  But the fold doesn't really hide the lower gash.

I teach my first Monday yoga class today at a local senior center.  I had been subbing over the summer, but this is the first time it will be "my class"--the first day of the first session.  I'm a bit nervous, even though most, if  not all, of the people who have signed up likely will be the same ones who were in the summer session.  It's hard for anyone new to get into these classes---the returnees know exactly what to do to make sure they get a spot.  If you don't sign up as soon as registration opens, you won't get in.  So they know to be at the center before the start time--10am.  People who try to sign up at 10:05 don't get in, I'm told.  And if you're new and don't know the drill, you're totally out of luck.

Anyway, I plan to treat this as my first class--with a little introduction and reminder about the few but important rules--don't do anything that hurts; stop whenever it feels appropriate; do what works for your body.  I want to move at a measured pace--if I've packed too much into my plan, I'll just cut out some things to make sure we have at least 5 minutes at the beginning and end for relaxation.  This is a group that doesn't seem to like innovation, or too broad a range of poses; I'll save those for my Tuesday class.