Saturday, August 29, 2009

Day 5: Marichasana C

I know, I know. If I was all the way to Marichasana C, why not try Marichasana D? I could barely bind in C on my left side, so I decided go to finishing. Baby steps.

Today Tom got Mia to sleep, for real this time, while I got Eevory to go to sleep. Then I had an entire practice without baby or toddler interference. Eevory woke up at some point and Tom held her.

Even though Tom has zero experience with Ashtanga, I found myself trying harder than I had the previous days since he was watching me. What can I say. I wanted to impress my husband.

I don't feel like I've made any gains in strength yet. If anything, I feel like I'm moving backwards. Soreness from the previous days keeps me from pushing too hard. I'm still far, far away from a decent Chaturanga Dandasana.

Flexibility is coming along. My hamstrings stopped screaming at me in Adho Mukha Svanasana. My calves, always tight, are starting to lengthen a bit.

I'm going to try to go to a led primary class tomorrow. If the girls are having a rough day, I won't abandon Tom with them. If I do go, I'm expecting a thorough ass kicking.

2 comments:

  1. Do I need to out you on the fact that you can still put your foot behind your head- in jeans, without any tiny bit of yoga warm up?? I have 100% faith that your strength will soon match your flexibility.

    Tom needs to do some adjustments!

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  2. The funny thing is that it's easier for me to put my legs behind my head cold. By the time I got to Supta Kurmasana I was so tired that I couldn't hold my heavy legs up. How lame is that?

    I did teach Tom how to help me with drop backs. He's a full foot taller than I am so the first time he tried he lifted my feet off the floor as I was dropping back. It took some tweaking to get that right.

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