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July 1, 2005
Ah, gettin' the kinks out....
I took OKRGR's advice and slept in this morning arriving for practice just as Mysore was finishing up... and, boy howdy, was it a SAUNA in there today. Perhaps it felt just a bit more dramatic walking in from the chilly outside to the room where 60 people have just sweated to their core but it was almost suffocating. I put my check in the box... a check that covers my last 7 classes.
People were finishing up their practice as I got there and I didn't want to disturb anyone's savasana so I setup next to OKRGR who had also just arrived (plus I figured this would force him to help me in Bhekasana :>). It wasn't as painful as I figured it would be to get started, the extra heat made it quite acceptable to just do 3 As and 3Bs. I noticed immediately that my right hip was quite cinched up and didn't feel like loosening up. I didn't really notice it until I got to Bhujapindasana, in which I've never felt my hips before, when suddenly it was like "WOAH, this ain't gonna be so easy today" (not that it ever is, but you know what I mean). As I was finishing OKRGR asked if I'd assist with Supta Vajrasana before Kurmasana or did I want to do Kurmasana -- given how Bhujapindasana felt, I was happy to put it off for a few ;) The time didn't help, however, Kurmasana was painful and for the first time in months and months, I couldn't get bound by myself. Fortunately, OKRGR had pity on me and assisted me into it... then I felt like a schmuck for not pushing myself so I came out and did it again by myself. How's that for treating the practice as a physical sport only :> In Pasasana, OKRGR kept telling me to lift my hips. I was trying really hard and, truth be told, it did make it easier; however, I'm still working on the balance so it made it very precarious.
Tonight is the flower reading at my house... time to go get ready for it :)
Posted by ashtangagirl at 11:49 AM | Comments (4)