Thursday: Light and easy yoga
I did a sequence of home practice, doing locust, warrior three, half moon pose and a slew of easy backbends to open up my upper back. I've also started on light breathing exercises. This excites me because I love how grounded and calm I feel after each breathing exercises.
We went through the customary poses, but skipped janus up till mary D. Did navasana, then skipped up till Upavistha Konasana. Of course I failed the calf landing vinyasa but that's hardly my worries. I was happy I could keep to my breathing and enjoy the poses. We did the wheel pose and also Wheel prep against the wall, and I found myself getting a *tad* better in backbends. I'm happy with the progress although the whole process still kills me everytime. I also find that I miss working out in the morning. There's nothing better than having a huge endorphin rush earlier on to make your whole day feels a little bit better.
Body awareness today: noticed that my palms are not completely flat whenever I do Chaturangga. In fact, they kind of lean heavily towards the outer palms leaving the innermost side (the pad where the thumb and index finger meets) sort of gaping. This is bad for my wrists. Doing this further and further will hurt my wrists as it's not the proper alignment. I am working on putting awareness on that region everytime I do chaturanga from now on.
Sunday: Woke up to do a full primary but towards the end of standing postures I do not feel good. Not exhausted or tired... just a does-not-feel-good kind of feeling. I realized that it's my third day of menstruation, and I definitely did not feel any stronger to continue. I ended my practice with a super chill Savasana.
Looking forward to a Monday full.
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