I must have had a productive day of rest because I had an excellent practice today! I noticed improvement in every single pose today--still not at the fullest expression of most of the postures, but I'm getting there, albeit slowly. I am awesome.
Breathing was a bit of a struggle today. Initial breathing felt fine, but I think I might have pushed a little too hard in half moon. I got really, really deep into the pose--to the point where my lungs were compressed and I could not breathe enough to maintain the effort it took to stay that far in the pose. The compression would have been fine if I were more flexible and didn't need to work so hard to get there. It sure looked pretty, but I didn't have enough self-awareness to back off where it was needed.
Then I felt like I was playing catch-up for the rest of the standing series, never quite getting enough oxygen to reach my fullest potential. So, although I saw progress in every posture today, I probably could have seen more had I not pushed so hard in the beginning of my practice.
Next time, if it hurts, I'm going to back off a bit. Competition, you're getting checked at the door next time. I don't need your help.
Struggle Pose: Half Moon
See above. I am going to strike a healthy balance in this pose one day, darn it.
Positive Pose: All of Them!
Tomorrow's another day of rest and then hopefully I'll be able to rock Saturday's class as well as I did this one. My hamstrings will probably try to hold me back, but I'm going to stay optimistic. ;-)
-Allie
No comments:
Post a Comment