Archive for May 29th, 2009

Unconventional, but perhaps my karma

Posted in ashtanga yoga on 05/29/2009 12:40 pm by karen

Muscle Man was surprised to see me at the shala again this morning. Yes, I am an elusive home-practicing student. As I was finishing up primary, he crouched down to chat for a moment.

“What do you usually do at home? Just primary?” he asked.

“Primary and second to laghu vajrasana. Sometimes I do the dropback part of kapotasana but can’t grab my feet.”

“You should do second,” he pronounced.

“You mean more?” I asked, confused. Then it started to dawn on me. “You mean instead of primary?”

“Yes,” he answered. “Your primary is strong. You should concentrate on second.”

“My dropbacks suck.”

“Second will fix that.”

Alrighty, then.

Truth be told, I do just second on Thursdays. (Yes, Matthew Sweeney said I could!) It’s interesting, because it feels less bendy than after a full primary (duh!) but it’s also very focused because I’m not tired.

I am not sure what inspired me to head back to the shala this past week, nor am I sure about this “just second” idea. But I’m going to give it a try. We’ll see what happens if I try it Muscle Man’s way.