Curse you sleepy February! I overslept again snuggled underneath covers with kittens and Amanda while more industrious yogis powered through a hot Vinyasa. Thankfully this year (and life) is a marathon and not a sprint. Three Saturday classes will have to be enough. So I got started with some slow flow flow courtesy of Sara. Kimberly was also there taking the class before hers got started. It is always cool when there are instructors participating as students. Obviously, all the classes have a teacher to demonstrate and explain the poses for you, but if there is a teacher as student then you can observe things like pace and smooth transitioning too. It's hard to describe, but there is a grace or elegance that some of the teachers have. It's not enough to just "know" the poses, there is a whole other level of being in them and mindfully moving from one to the other. Someday, someday... Back to today though:
Good: I am still on a twist kick and had another pretty good Half Lord of the Fishes (Half Duchess of Hamsters?) Ardha Matsyendrasana http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/485 . One side was better than the other for my kooky body, but they both felt really good.
Bad: I am definitely having some wobbles lately. My Revolving Triangle Parivrtta Trikonasana http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/692 was more like a downward spiral. I had a bad transition into it and started beating myself up. Yoga is hard enough without being mean to yourself and I wasn't able to maintain concentration after I got frustrated. Yesterday is yesterday and today is today. You can't step into the same pose twice. Hopefully, I can internalize what I theoretically know sometime soon.
Yummy: Got some cool adjustments from Sara and we tried a new way of doing forward fold Uttanasana. Maybe it came back from Maui with her? I also looked up at one point and Katie had snuck into the class. So I got to talk with a friend after the class and that's always fun.
On to class #2!
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