I am fasting today, but knew that I wanted to do some yoga. I just felt like it. Ashtanga was scheduled today, but my heart wasn't in it. So I logged on to yogaglo and did a 30 minute practice with elena brower which worked on the shoulders and legs. It was a slow practice which was topped off with an arm balancing - the side plank thing in third series ashtanga - that really made the practice worth it. Then I continued with Kathryn Budig's restorative class wich had a lot of laying on the bolster and ended with a refreshing supta bandha konasana and I felt so good. I continued with some of my own chest openers using the blocks and the chair which really worked my upper body.
then I did my sequence of low lunge, high lunge, warrior 1, warrior 2 and 3 then half moon, bound half moon and then reverse half moon, lizard pose then pigeon. I also did 2 rounds of handstand, the last counting up to 7 seconds. I did 2 rounds of pincha, the last counting up to 7 seconds as well, and supported headstand, for as long as I could stand. I want to make this my daily practice.
Then I moved on to sphinx, baby cobra, cobra, salambasana, bow pose, bridge, urdvha dhanurasana twice, then camel post. I love my camel pose now. Love it. Then the usual bandha konasana and the wide legged forward bend before a savasana.
I love it when I work with my body, following what it feels like having instead of forcing it to do just this. Strangely enough... my heart's kinda feel like its not into ashtanga for the moment. I don't know if it's the fact that I'm trying to conceive, or the fact that maybe I am already pregnant, or just that I'm fasting, but the thought of doing the repetitions just don't make me feel excited anymore. I still do want to practice ashtanga even throughout my pregnancy so I can't really make it stop. But I am also finding it beautiful to do poses that my body needs.
Love it today.
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