http://donutszenmom.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/ ashtanga yoga. zen. life. words. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://donutszenmom.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-364 cody pomeray Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:19:45 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/#comment-364 I'm a big fan of the UD trick where the teacher stands by your hands and you hold their ankles and go up. You can get super-deep with that one! I’m a big fan of the UD trick where the teacher stands by your hands and you hold their ankles and go up. You can get super-deep with that one!

]]> http://donutszenmom.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-363 donutszenmom Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:14:06 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/#comment-363 Gosh, you're so right! I know I get distracted by the back of my body when I'm backbending -- either focusing on the soreness in my lower back or focusing on trying to open up my upper back. Thanks for the reminder. I think it's probably psychologically healthy, too, to balance the awareness, rather than just getting hypervigilant about the back. Gosh, you’re so right! I know I get distracted by the back of my body when I’m backbending — either focusing on the soreness in my lower back or focusing on trying to open up my upper back. Thanks for the reminder. I think it’s probably psychologically healthy, too, to balance the awareness, rather than just getting hypervigilant about the back.

]]> http://donutszenmom.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Vanessa Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:07:18 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/odds-and-ends-and-a-potential-new-addiction/#comment-362 It is quite common to suffer from lower back pain when one starts Intermediate, and you got a lot of poses in one go (I think it took me something like three months to get to Ustrasana), so I'm not surprised. But you will be fine. Just remember to really engage the front of your body (a hint Hamish gave me that is quite obvious but I'd been missing it all along and still often do) It is quite common to suffer from lower back pain when one starts Intermediate, and you got a lot of poses in one go (I think it took me something like three months to get to Ustrasana), so I’m not surprised. But you will be fine. Just remember to really engage the front of your body (a hint Hamish gave me that is quite obvious but I’d been missing it all along and still often do)

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