Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Didn't post yesterday as I went to bed at 9:00pm Monday night and didn't wake up till 7:15am yesterday/Tuesday morning. Thats a whopping 10+ hours of sleep.
I would beat myself up but I believe that, if your body refuses to get up at its usual time, there's a reason for it and you needed that extra rest to combat and offset sickness and other fatigue.
Let your practice fit your body, your body does not fit your practice (in other words, "your body does what it can do and, when it can't, you don't force it and are respectful of the limitations you have that day").
Time to hit my mat.......
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (Part II)
Just come out of Savasana and am still seated on my mat feeling the yoga glow.
New physical achievement!!....Could comfortably achieve padangusthasana (show at right) without any bending in my knees. Padangusthasana is the first pose you move into after your Vinyasa series. It's a simple forward bend where you hook your index and middle fingers around your big toes to draw yourself forward. Padahastasana (which comes next) is a deeper forward bend where you insert your hands completely underneath your feet (palms are flat, facing upward, and connected with the soles of your feet). Both poses feel amazing.
I delighted with this achievement! I finished up my practice with my standard modified Primary Series and a backbend sequent. My post from Monday spoke of a bizarre and very acute headache I gave myself, accidentally, after my practice. It was caused by a combination of intense back-bending followed by some ridiculous ab exercises on my work-out tower (completely non-yoga related). Because of that, I moved with extreme caution into my backbend series this morning. Good news is that there were no issues/pain and the full upward bows I end my practice with were stronger and deeper than ever. I'm very pleased with myself.
Time to shower up and tackle the day!!
Namaste
Didn't post yesterday as I went to bed at 9:00pm Monday night and didn't wake up till 7:15am yesterday/Tuesday morning. Thats a whopping 10+ hours of sleep.
I would beat myself up but I believe that, if your body refuses to get up at its usual time, there's a reason for it and you needed that extra rest to combat and offset sickness and other fatigue.
Let your practice fit your body, your body does not fit your practice (in other words, "your body does what it can do and, when it can't, you don't force it and are respectful of the limitations you have that day").
Time to hit my mat.......
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (Part II)
Just come out of Savasana and am still seated on my mat feeling the yoga glow.
New physical achievement!!....Could comfortably achieve padangusthasana (show at right) without any bending in my knees. Padangusthasana is the first pose you move into after your Vinyasa series. It's a simple forward bend where you hook your index and middle fingers around your big toes to draw yourself forward. Padahastasana (which comes next) is a deeper forward bend where you insert your hands completely underneath your feet (palms are flat, facing upward, and connected with the soles of your feet). Both poses feel amazing.
I delighted with this achievement! I finished up my practice with my standard modified Primary Series and a backbend sequent. My post from Monday spoke of a bizarre and very acute headache I gave myself, accidentally, after my practice. It was caused by a combination of intense back-bending followed by some ridiculous ab exercises on my work-out tower (completely non-yoga related). Because of that, I moved with extreme caution into my backbend series this morning. Good news is that there were no issues/pain and the full upward bows I end my practice with were stronger and deeper than ever. I'm very pleased with myself.
Time to shower up and tackle the day!!
Namaste
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