I have been in Europe these past three weeks, and I have missed the Queen of Spin, Kristen Gagne. I haven’t been in Europe, but I might as well have been. Because I have forgotten many things about KSC. The first thing that jumps out at me is that I had forgotten just how long 15 seconds is. I know what the interval is like by way of watch time but this is KSC, and time stands still here and a clock is a guide not a timepiece. Next, is that I have forgotten that Kristen has her own form of hypnotic trance induction. It is quite different from my friend Svengali, but nonetheless the affect is the same. I notice it when she begins a sentence.....”If I were you”...I immediately find my hand cranking up the resistance. Sometimes I can feel the instruction as she is inhaling to speak the words. Lastly, it is the direct interaction when she calls our name or gives her own spin on Zen. This exacting form of attention keeps our minds from wandering of what happened this past week or what might happen on Tuesday.
My friend Debbie J. was immediately to my left today, and we were talking about the palpable energy in the CS. We are not alone here, there is an unspoken dialogue that travels like static electricity between each rider. We hear our thoughts being spoken and something snaps inside us as if someone just came in through the door without a knock. It startles us.
Debbie J. has a definite aura, it is pristine yet there is an unadvertised Debbie that is as avant garde and progressive as if she was a practicing yogin. Not exactly what you see when you watch her in focused concentration and breaking out in a glistening sweat. As the class deepened in intensity, she brought down one of her blonde tendrils and when that wasn’t enough down came a second, to drive her powerful pedal stroke.
I have been away too long Kristen, and I am glad you brought out the sling shot because it snapped me back to where this trip all began, Kristen’s Spin Class. There is no one like you. Thank you for playing my favorite song of all time today. There is another.
Erasure: A Little Respect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBR4EPBNI2A&feature=related
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