Sunday I took the full first series class at the gym... I know I had some things I wanted to write about but I've plum forgotten them in the time that's passed. Monday night I practice with the lovely Kiran... The first notable thing about my practice Monday was the fact that my first 4 to 5 jump throughs were silent in my ass.. HUGE for me. The only sound was my feet sliding through but no thud when my butt touched ground. We moved through the series to Mari D then Kiran, bless her soul, did some intro to 2nd series for me. It was really fun but my favorite part were the two "research" type things she had us do. First she had us get into a headstand facing away from the wall then drop our feet over to the wall, pushing through our shoulders lifting our head off the ground. x5 then feet down to the ground in a modified backbend... then lift one leg, then the other. I had a hard time lifting my legs but I think I've discovered in my trials since that it was because I was too close to the wall. Once there we were supposed to lift into a full backbend and come back over but my arms were too weak by then so I walked over from my headstand arm position. After that she had us move to the wall facing it and into upward dog... coming as close to the wall as we could, pressing the front of our bodies against it, if we were straight up we were to raise our hands up the wall...so I did that then Kiran walks by and says "Now put your head back" and I say "Um, it isn't?" LOLOL her reply "I could make it go back :>"

Tonight Kiran was subbing again and we stayed in first series until right before Kurmasana when Kiran had us do some research poses and boy howdy did they help! I was able to get my leg behind my head! It wouldn't stay... but I could very easily get it there. It was nearly a wierd feeling... Kiran was holding my leg there since it wouldn't say and she asked me if it hurt. It didn't... in fact, it almost felt like my leg was not part of my body anymore. There was no pain at all just this sorta surreal feeling with my hip. After class Kiran told me to say that I was going to learn Chakrasana :) To my surprise, she says I did it. I still don't really believe it and, no, it wasn't all the way into chaturunga... but I came home and tried a few more times and I think at one point I was actually, if I'd have had the strength at that point, all the way close to chaturunga. Pretty cool. It is the coolest thing that Kiran has so much to give. Thank you Kiran, I really really appreciate it. Namaste.