Lovely Practice

Saturday I quite had a lovely practice.

I felt tired from Friday's butchering of my upper body from the personal session with my yoga teacher. But I woke up Saturday feeling the need to do my practice knowing I would take Sunday off with the arrival of our second kitten. So I started:

5 SN a

5 SN b

Standing Poses

Seated:

Dandasana,

Pachimottasana A, D

Purvottasana

Ardha Baddha Padma Pachimottasana

Triang Mukha Eka Pada Pachimottasana

Janu Sirsasana A, B, C

Marichyasana A, B, C, D

Navasana, Lolasana,

BhujaPidasana

Kurmasana

Supta Kurmasana

Garbha Pindasana

Kukkutasana

All this with a half vinyasa in between each legs, full vinyasa between poses.

I also did Supta Konasana, Setu Bhandasana and Urdvha Dhanurasana without vinyasas.

Finishing Asanas - Salamba Sirsasana with a bit of confidence. :)

why was this lovely?

Because I concentrated on being, On being able to breathe. And I listened to my body, did not force it. I tried to do the tripod headstand and could only lift up my knees until my waist and that was fine. Because I have the whole year to practice.

Practice, Practice, Practice and all is coming.

Tripod Headstand and Dropback

Today's class was amazing. And to be honest one of the most physically exciting yet challenging. I was so tired, I was GLAD that we stopped after Mary D. To be honest I didn't think my arms could take it anymore, with the Chaturanggas and Jump Backs. Initially I was excited that it was only me in the class, thinking I could go up to Kurmasana and Kukkutasana and have her help me, but I was yet again, humbled. Thinking that I could in Primary Series but in reality couldn't even go up after Mary D.

What we did today which blew me away: Tripod Headstand. I DID THE TRIPOD HEADSTAND! Can you believe it? I tried doing it once or twice but couldn't get the strength to lift my knees up straight. The instructor asked me to stop after Prasarita Padottasana D and guided me through my first partially supported' Tripod headstand. She explained to me the position of my hands and head, where it should be like a tripod, and then asked me to try to lift my legs up after I align my pelvis over my neck. I found that I like the legs together version than legs spread apart version. I felt that having your legs together felt easier to lift up than latter. I was also concerned with the weight on my head, but she assured me that it's all normal.

The second time I tried and I lifted my legs by myself and managed to stay in the pose for one second before I lost confidence and toppled. I loved it!

Going to make a habit and to try it, after Salamba Sirsasana.

Second thing that we did: The dropback, or the vinyasa for the Wheel. I was nervous, but the instructor was encouraging. She said if she could support her husband she could support me. I did the dropback and it felt weird as my vision gets disoriented, but it was kinder to my back than doing the Wheel. But I didn't manage to lift up even with her support cause I just didn't get the hang of it. Can't wait to develop my body strength to try this pose again.

Last night did the Primary series as well:

5 Surya A

5 Surya B

Standing Poses

Seated: up until Mary D and Titbhasana and Bakasana.

Tomorrow doing a free yoga class with Ocean Bloom...