I lost my voice yesterday, so my classes were very quiet. Maybe that's a good thing. Don't you ever wish that teachers would stop talking so much sometimes? Is there room for silence? Yes. Silence is golden.

That goes for many people as well.

You know that "filler" conversation or "small" talk people have just because they are uncomfortable with silence? Is that a waste of energy? Or is it just polite?

What about when someone leaves you a 10 minute phone message? Why can't they just say "Call me back." ?

What about those people who ramble, and go off on a tangent, who won't stop talking so you have to slowly walk away while they are talking, so they maybe will get the hint?

Or the talker who doesn't leave a space for a pause, so you can't tell them you are on fire and have to go.

Then there are those yoga classes when the teacher won't stop talking the whole way through, and you only have a few choices in that situation.

1 - You can tune them out. Which most people do, because your brain can only really absorb 10 percent of what they are saying anyways.
So it's a waste of energy for the teacher.

2 - You can get annoyed, but this will feed into your yoga poses, and that's no good.

3 - You could talk to the teacher about it. Someone did to me. They told me I talked to much during the Savasanas, and they want more quiet time when they come to yoga. I totally get it, so I made sure I cut my words down a bit.

I respect silence.

Especially in the yoga room.

But - on the flip side, there are people who need the distraction in yoga. If it's too quiet, then they have to be with their own thoughts, and sometimes - they really don't want to be with their own thoughts. It's scary some days.

So - maybe a healthy compromise?

Talk when it's needed.
KISS - Keep it simple smarty.

There is no need to talk just for the sake of talking.

Get to the point
Short and sweet

Less noise pollution.

Maybe I will keep this scratchy throat of mine.

Peace
Andrea

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