I love that small period of silence after a class. After savasana and the closing ohm, but before students start to roll their mats, gather belongings and quietly start talking to each other as outside stimulation slowly becomes part of the consciousness again.
Some classes end with students walking out in total silence, still reverent after so much inward reflection. Other times chatter comes quickly, mats are rolled in a hurry and students rush on with their day.
Today, there was purposeful movement in the silence after the ohm when all the students simultaneously picked up their straps and rolled them up, very neatly, with intention, and mindfully put them back in the basket.
They probably didn't notice the quiet choreography or feel the weight of the stillness, as I did, while enjoying the bliss of this very present moment. Maybe they were aware, I don't know. But I certainly took in as much as I could, as my atman peeked outside and thought, this is why I teach yoga.
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