1.27.14
2 hours of class with Sarah Jezebel Wood

1st hour
warm-up:10 min
drills 3 min each
squares
umis
hip slides
mayas
taqsims
tummy undulation u2d
tummy undulation d2u
cooldown-5 min

2nd hour
choreo review
(no warm -up, everyone started warm from 1st class)
45 minutes reviewing combos from choreo
10 min learning formation
5 hours

1.29.14
5 min warm-up
3 min each of
down hip
up hip
double down
3/4 on the up
10 min cool down

1.30.14
2 hr rehearsal
Notes: all this rehearsing has left me feeling way less anxious than usual about tomorrows performance. Elmer says "Maybe you should be anxious about not being anxious!" Feh.
cool down at home: Neck and Shoulder practice from YFW

1.31.14
10 min zil drills 3-3-3; 3-3-7; 3-3-5; and 3-1-3-1-3
Hip Work and Level Changes from DO
15 min warm up
down ip review
up hip review
combo: many times!
did the fast one a few times with a smaller level change

I really like this video, I have found down and up hip practice tedious and frustrating--I feel like I've plateaued in skill level, and keep hoping for a breakthorough. My hipwork remains okay.


Notes on past month:
Keeping track of practice hit a button I didn't know I had. I feel guilty when I'm not practicing and anxious while I'm practicing. Trying to practice self-care, and will hopefully be setting up practice times with friends next month so I am less anxious. I believe that this is all good for me--that uncomfortable feeling is growth.