Kathy
WHAT IS KRIGSMAN TO YOU?
Krigsman feels like home, my home base. If I wake up in a crappy mood, not feeling like my self—when I get to the studio, it turns my whole day around…. my whole week around. It centers me and grounds me. Krigsman is a feeling, a place, it’s all the people, it’s a home.
KATHY’S CLASS: ENERGETIC PLAYFUL INSPIRATION
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Well, this is where my people are. Before I came to Krigsman, I practiced a lot, and I thought why go there. Then when I tried it, I was hooked. I love the flow, how it is predictable. You aren’t going to show up to class and feel like they didn’t do this, this, or this, and it isn’t really what I am expecting. Every time I come here I know I am going to get a good class—everybody is going to get a good class.
I just love the vibe, I love the music, Amanda, our leader. That’s why Krigsman, I don’t go any where else now.
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I feel amazing, that’s why I come. I feel challenged in a lot of ways. It depends how though. Sometimes I take a class and am almost crying in shivansana and I didn’t feel like that coming in, so whatever I’m doing, I am letting out these feelings as a result of taking the class. I always feel lighter, clearer, and mentally in a good place. I feel like I have just done something really hard, really good for myself physically too. I know I got a good workout in.
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Something I try to overcome is the numbers. It sounds stupid, but class size. I make myself not even look at it now. I use to be obsessed and fixate on it, trying not to compare myself to the size of other people’s classes, and then it gets into your head.. what am I doing wrong. That is probably my biggest mind-fuck, just trying to release that and not care. I can say that easily, but it’s hard not to in the moment. It’s a struggle to not let your mind focus and obsess on comparing yourself to other people, but I have been training my mind to not take it in. It’s a little thing, but a huge lesson for the rest of my life too. Telling myself “this is ok, it does not reflect anything.”
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Go skydiving!
WHAT DOES THE HARD MEAN TO YOU?
“Hard is different each day, each situation and can be different things. Some days hard is waking up and just dragging myself out of bed and putting a smile on my face because I believe that is a choice. Some days hard is dealing with the struggles and stress of daily life and trying to respond to that and clear it out to not get in my head while teaching. Sometimes hard is teaching to a small class of students and wanting them to have a good experience. Sometimes, hard is teaching to a fully packed class and wanting them to have a good experience. Both are different and both can be scary. Hard is showing up and doing my best regardless of all the noise around me. Hard is not putting myself down. Hard is holding my head up with confidence, even when I’m not feeling confident. Hard is making mistakes and not dwelling on them, but accepting—and maybe learning—and moving on. Hard is learning to back off in my practice when my body doesn’t feel as young and pain-free as it used to. Hard is accepting that my postures don’t look the same as the person next to me, and that’s ok. Hard is accepting that my head may not be in the same place whether that’s happy, sad, or stressed, but to keep showing up and doing my best. Hard is accepting that my best is not always 100 percent, and that’s ok.“
KATHY’S TOP TUNES
“I love music. It gets the thoughts out of my head, I tune into it. It brings me to another level of enjoying what I am doing physically. I just love music. All types of music. I don’t want to say it’s spiritual, but I need it. It lifts me up to whatever I’m doing to a better level. ”