Back to Mysore this morning, in a lovely new shirt. (Not that that’s important, but having great wicking and comfortable gear makes me feel better while practicing, so there!) I was so ready to go because I woke up with a sore neck (must have done something wrong at Lululemon yoga yesterday – like maybe not been warmed up enough!).
I thought about the blog when I got to Sun Salutation B and started to sweat right on track on the fourth one. I always want to skip them, thinking that three is okay, but I force myself to keep going through them.
Today’s forward bend was a toes-only bind. I focused on the position of my torso during triangles and side angles. I haven’t been able to bring my hand down to the ground at all during side angle B lately either. Maybe tomorrow. Instructor B helped me hold my leg out to the front and side. I don’t feel like I’m getting any closer to doing that by myself there, but the silly part of that is that I already can do so much more than I’d done in the guided Ashtanga classes of weeks past (which feel so long ago now, after almost three weeks of Mysore)!
I learned a new pose, of course, which I will call, as I call them all: Pose the Name of Which I Do Not Know. Let’s see. This one required me to put the bottom of my foot flat against my thigh and bend forward to hold on to my foot. Instructor B told me to think about this pose as a twisting of the torso.(Reflecting on this and describing it in my blog has got to be helping me learn the sequence and the details of each pose!) I felt strong while doing the vinyasas in between seated today. I focused on getting my shoulders all the way above my hands before lowering into chatarunga.
I killed my feet after yoga by running to the bus in totally inappropriate shoes and then walking up and down Georgetown a million times (four lengths of Georgetown, to be exact). I’m hoping that they, and my legs, and my knees will all be okay for Mysore tomorrow!
After Mysore tomorrow, I’ll be taking Saturday off because it’s my travel day to St. John. Then I’ll practice during my week away (not Tuesday because it’s a moon day), and I’ll be back to guided Ashtanga on Saturday, I hope! (Or perhaps I’ll just be back to Mysore on Saturday. We’ll see.)
