Mysore class

Tonight I attended my first regular Mysore class. It takes place in Karin's house, Karin is the teacher. Her Yoga room is not big, there is space for perhaps 8 Yogis, but we were only three. She has just started with her classes and therefore they are still quite empty. One man who is beginner and has just learned Surya Namaskara A, one woman who is similar advanced than me and me of course. I sweated buckets, I don't remember when I have sweated so much during practice. Already in Surya Namaskara B it started dripping on the mat and soon my clothes were soaked. Of course it's also due to the hot and humid weather we have here at the moment but there must have been something else too.
I must say it was a very strange feeling to practice together with other people and under the eye of a teacher. After having practiced on my own for so long it is unfamiliar for me. And of course I worked extra hard because of the feeling of being watched. This might also be an explanation for the sweat gush. I guess it was far more exhausting than any home practice could ever be.
My relationship to Karin was a little bit weird during the class. We didn't know each other before, we just said hello and then it started. Her adjustments were good, they could have been a little bit softer but it felt like she knows what she is doing. But I have the feeling that I haven't accepted her completly yet because sometimes when she said something corrective to me I had some thoughts like "but I learned it this way, I want to do it this way, perhaps you just don't know this way ...". And this is of course bullshit. She definitly knows something about Ashtanga and as another person she has a completly different view of my practice and therefore can see things I perhaps cannot. I think I need a humbler attitude towards my practice. When practicing alone there are always some things you don't pay that much attention or things you always do a little bit wrong and it's very useful to have these things revealed.
Anyway I felt very good after the practice, it was very intensive also very exhausting. Let's see how my hamstrings will feel tomorrow. Tomorrow rest day and then workshop with Arjuna. Juhu!