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January 4, 2005
Uncommitted
I woke up this morning to pouring rain and The Nanny! WHOOHOO. Practice today was good.. I am focusing a lot on engaged my bandas during chatarunga and I think it is making a huge difference, at least it feels like it is making a huge difference. I've noticed when I practice Mysore I frequently lose count of my Sun Salutations... fortunately, Kiran was next to me today so I just did as many as she did ;) I asked Tim to come and help me when I got to Mari C. He noticed the grimace on my face from across the room so I thought I should maybe ask him about it. When he pushed down on my hip and rotated my leg the pain subsided a bit. He went and got a small block and had me sit on it -- On side 1 this totally worked but, alas, on side 2 it didn't help at all. I have no idea what is going on in that hip but it doesn't feel pretty. When I got to backbends today, my backbends actually felt pretty good. But, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to push my weight forward and engage my thighs. Doing dropbacks with Tim -- on the first one, my feet slipped on the still-slippery-from-wierd-mat-stuff and I just fell backward. Tim says "Uh, I need you to use more of your legs!" On the last one, when I dropped back, I actually felt like I was controlling most of the descent, I have no idea if that is true or not... but after I came up Tim says "I don't think your legs are fully committed." LOL.. they aren't... I have no idea how to commit them! I know with time it will come but I think one day I need to just sit and do backbends for awhile until I can feel it.
Now on to my real job and the kids... Good day.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 1:00 PM | Comments (4)