In the skewed world of me, Thursday is my day off yoga. This alarmed one of my yoga-buddies who is also doing the TT what, you only take 1 day off a week??? Urm yes, I do try and do 6 practices per week. Thursday is my step day (well one of them) anyway!
I have been thinking about my cardio addiction - a few people have been posting about doing cardio and the subsequent tight muscles etc. I wonder if my step addiction does shorten the thigh and hip muscles - I do have pretty tight hips, particularly my left hip. I always do a lot of extra stretching after class - Prasarita Padottanasana A, Padangusthasana, Hanumanasana and a pigeon variation.
Really good practice yesterday - 6 of us, all advanced, which was great. I was sweating so much though, it was really rather disgusting; L had the heating on, which didn't help the sweating - but I would much rather be hot and sweat than cold! I just wish that you could sweat without coming out of class looking like you have taken a trip through a river!!!
Practiced loads of dropback last night - I hope to be able to come up by myself by Christmas - I just haven't quite managed to get the momentum right yet. I was reprimanded for this though at class - yoga is non-competitive, you shouldn't have ambitions - blah, blah.... ah well. I also have a BET (yes, also very unyogic) on with another fellow yogi that I will never be able to bind Supta K - she recons that by the time I get back from my trip, I will.... there is £50 riding on it.... maybe I could donate the money to charity??? Another thing I would like to be able to do is get into lotus without manual intervention - at the moment my lotus is fine and comfortable, I can bind it, Baddha Padmasana, but just can't get in and out using just my legs... urgh - maybe this is a result of too much stepping too!
Bought a North India guidebook yesterday - need to get my first two weeks sorted!
I have been thinking about my cardio addiction - a few people have been posting about doing cardio and the subsequent tight muscles etc. I wonder if my step addiction does shorten the thigh and hip muscles - I do have pretty tight hips, particularly my left hip. I always do a lot of extra stretching after class - Prasarita Padottanasana A, Padangusthasana, Hanumanasana and a pigeon variation.
Really good practice yesterday - 6 of us, all advanced, which was great. I was sweating so much though, it was really rather disgusting; L had the heating on, which didn't help the sweating - but I would much rather be hot and sweat than cold! I just wish that you could sweat without coming out of class looking like you have taken a trip through a river!!!
Practiced loads of dropback last night - I hope to be able to come up by myself by Christmas - I just haven't quite managed to get the momentum right yet. I was reprimanded for this though at class - yoga is non-competitive, you shouldn't have ambitions - blah, blah.... ah well. I also have a BET (yes, also very unyogic) on with another fellow yogi that I will never be able to bind Supta K - she recons that by the time I get back from my trip, I will.... there is £50 riding on it.... maybe I could donate the money to charity??? Another thing I would like to be able to do is get into lotus without manual intervention - at the moment my lotus is fine and comfortable, I can bind it, Baddha Padmasana, but just can't get in and out using just my legs... urgh - maybe this is a result of too much stepping too!
Bought a North India guidebook yesterday - need to get my first two weeks sorted!
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