Class #2 Deep Stretch with Sara

Hello again. Thanks everyone who has already visited my little blog and/or shared feedback with me. Sorry this post is a little later than I expected. I tried to go to an earlier class but didn't quite make it on time. I often try to fit too much into a day and wind up rushing from one place to another. While this can be fun and exciting, it often leads to disappointment and sometimes I let myself or important people in my life down by my attempts to cram many activities into a small amount of time. Hopefully I can remember this latest experience and use it to make a little better decisions in the future. Anyways, I did manage to make it Sara's class (early!)this evening. Here's how it went:

Good: I managed to rock a fairly decent Standing Forward Bend/Fold (are those different?) Uttanasana. I continue to have a lot of trouble with simple seated forward bend Paschimottanasana which I don't understand why is so different since it seems so similar. Any idea out there? Maybe the standing version is easier because "Uttanasana" is fun to say and hear and I usually smile and relax whenever the teacher says it...

Bad: Oh pigeon pose... Eka Pada Rajakapotasana
Sometimes this pose is fun and feels great. Sometimes though, one or both legs are really cranky and lowering myself below my elbows and staying there is really rough. So one side totally did not want to lower today while the other felt like I was barely doing anything when my forehead was on the floor. If my legs are that asymmetrical maybe I should live on a sharply sloped mountain side.

Yummy: Even getting to the class early there were only a few spaces open. I like to be near a wall and it really helps me to see the instructor well, so it was front right for me today. I was a little worried at first about the location because the music was understandable loud right in front of the speakers and I get a little self conscious when I am in the front row. Fortunately though, it wound up being a great place for me. There were several songs I really liked (the electric guitar Amazing Grace was especially sweet) and I got to be really enveloped and supported by the music during difficult poses. Plus, since I was right next to the instructor, my mistakes stuck out like a crooked blind and I am sure I got more adjustments than I would if my awkward angles had been hiding in the back.

So a good class and a good lesson reinforcing patience and not getting bogged down in silly concerns. Thanks for reading everybody and make sure to check out the new additions to the "characters" descriptions on the right. Please let me know if I can either improve your description or if I have not gotten to you yet and would like to be added. See you soon!