foundation first: Yoga teacher training

Yoga teacher training in mexico.  In yoga the key things to remember are the breath and your foundation (where your body meats the earth).  If you cannot braeth thru your nose, calmly and smoothly, you may be dong too much.  So always remember to take a down dog or child's pose when you start feeling like you cannot control your breath w some sense of ease.  
Ok, now for the foundation:
in a standing pose it's the feet.
In an arm balance, its the hands.
be steady and strong.  make contact with purpose.  spread those toes and/or fingers.  
Like a boss.  
Like you mean it.  
Be present.
Breath. 
Stay playful, why not?
get stable before you lift up, or you just may fall down.  would you build your house on the sand?  Or on more stable ground?  
Silly question, but why do we rush thru the basics to get to the "end" of the pose.  The journey starts with the beginning.  or it just a big confusing mess.  
same with a yoga poses journey.  
​slow your yoga down every once in a while and enjoy the foundation.  press into the earth. breath, focus.  you don't win a prize being the first one in tree pose, do you?  But you just may feel like a winner if you slow it down and feel more of the journey into the pose.  Now I'm going to try to figure out how to post this pic of my feet.  wish me luck.  
Check out those toes!  The bigger the foundation, the more stable the base.  usually in the beginning of my standing poses, I play with my feet and toes.  Lifting and spreading the toes.