Variation

Intro class today. As usual I enjoyed it but now I'm thinking into re-looking my practice. Doing the other hatha class and the yin class has kinda make me feel that maybe I should diversify my practice so my body does not get pounded too much too often. God knows I am prone to repetitive stress injuries.

Also, I think doing Intro is making me hard to not stay humble. It's different form mysore class, where I am a beginner, and I wasn't focused on anyone else, but doing Intro made me compare myself against others. I can't help it; it's just the competitive gene in me. I think a normal home practice would suffice.

I'm a paying member of 2 classes per week, and I can't decide whether I want to do the inversion classes or maintain one intro class or do a yin and a hatha.

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: Ashtanga

Wednesday: Ashtanga and Yin

Thursday: Hatha

Friday: Ashtanga

Saturday: Run, swim or cycle

Sunday: Cycle and Ashtanga

Still doing Viparita Karani as inversions. Dabbled with a bit of Halasana today, nothing major. Modified my fish.

Working on opening my back at the same time. It's not coming - doing the Wheel against the wall still felt stiff and achy. I do not want to push into it, do not want my lower back to hurt of all the places. Will work on doing Camel pose and Bow pose and Cobra. As well as my Forearm pump and glide, vertical hold, etc.

Namaste!