After 2 days of not doing yoga, I felt weird. I know it's due to my perfectionist side; I tend to be anal about my workouts, especially if I am training for a race. I also tend to get fidgety and cranky without any form of workout over the period of 2 days - lord knows how my husband learned about that one.
Yesterday I started with the intention of doing a complete Primary Series. Mind you, my 'complete' means doing all the seated poses with a full vinyasa in between, and only a Lolasana between each leg. And I did them all except for one of the last poses - Ubaya Padanghustasana .
1) My Kukkutasana is improving. I remember my earlier days of doing Ashtanga, saw a MySore video of a lady doing what looked like a complicated twisting and turning and in and out. I remembered thinking, man that looked tough! And there I was yesterday, after a week or so of attempts, manage to understand the essence of the pose - the breathing techniques to fully lay back and lift up, the rotation to the sides - that seemed to impossible to me back then. I now only need to work on the finesse - to do a complete 9 times to form a complete circle. The last part of lifting my body on my wrists is my favorite.
2) Sirsasana still tentative. To build confidence I tried to so a second one without the support of a wall, which was successful and relieved me. What I'm worried about is my neck pain - more like pulled muscle. I initially thought its because of my sleeping arrangements and pillow but then again it could be because of my incorrect headstand. My left heel feels numb at times and when I googled it one link said it could be related to nerves due to collapsed vertebrae... which sirsasana could do. Will do more research.
3) I am working on Supta Padangusthasana and Bhijapidasana.
Will write later. I won't forget to thank Allah swt for this gift.
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