Loved, loved this class. Lots of friendly familiar faces and a great positive vibe. I got to hang out with Elizabeth as my mat neighbor which is always fun. Kimberly really brought it with an insightful lesson about letting go of the negative practices and emotions we hoard inside ourselves. Let's get right to it.
Good: One of the most basic and repeated poses in yoga is downward facing dog Adho Mukha Svasana www.yogajournal.com/poses/491 (why is this not pose #1?)Just because we do it all the time does not mean it cannot be improved and doesn't deserve mindful attention. So ideally in this pose the hands are flat on the mat and the weight is equally distributed instead of all in the heel of the hand and/or the fingertips. I recently have been getting more of my hand down and the pose feels a lot better. Hurray!
Bad: One of the trickier poses (for me at least) is tortoise pose Kurmasana http://health.indianetzone.com/yoga/hathyoga/1/kurmasana.htm I am listing this one as bad not because of my current level of ability with this pose, but because I feel like I have regressed some with it since last time it came up in class. I know there are variations from class to class and day to day, but I feel like I knew what to do to make progress earlier in terms of how to adjust my arms. It's hard to explain, but it's like the concept is still in my mind, but the muscle memory is not there.
Yummy: A lot to choose from as I indicated in the intro, but perhaps the best was the way the principle Kimberly discussed of letting go of unhealthy things through the practice really worked during the class. With each deep stretch it was if a little bit of a burden fell away. Good times.
I'll be back soon with a longer post about a Yoga Basics class that I was fortunate enough to share with both my wife and my good friend Michael. Till then!
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