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Okay, strongest impression from practice this morning revolved around yesterday’s craving for salmon. I indulged the craving, had some yummy salmon and asparagus, and felt like crap in practice this morning. Oily food makes my joints feel great (and my skin!) but it also makes my stomach feel AWFUL in backbends. And I felt like I smelled of salmon and asparagus, which was kind of gross. Muscle Man eats meat, though, so I guess it probably wasn’t too awful from his perspective.

Note to self: please don’t make that mistake again.

I only forgot two things when I packed: mascara and deodorant. Two things I really would rather not do without. Still, better them than underwear or shoes.

Practice was intermediate to dwi pada sirsasana. Another note to self: put some body lotion on the backs of your shoulders before practice. I’m sweating like I’ve never sweated before, which is kind of cool, but I don’t seem to sweat much on the backs of my shoulders. If they’re slippery, eka and dwi pada are MUCH easier.

After dropbacks, Muscle Man said, “Tic tocs.” My eyes bugged out of my head. “Just one way,” he reassured me. So up into a handstand and over into a backbend. Woohoo! What fun. Of course, it’s only fun because he has to catch me.

Yeah, so I muddled through an intermediate practice. At the end, I figured I’d chat with him to verify that he felt it was the right practice for me to be doing. I guess I was overcome with insecurity — what if he was regretting his suggestion (after witnessing my muddling)?

I packed up and went over to thank him and to ask my question.

“Are you running out of time for your practice? Do you need to get to work?” he asked.

“Uh, no. I’m good for time,” I said, confused about what he was asking.

“You should go through to pincha mayurasana,” he said.

“Okay.”

Haha! How easy it is to say okay, right? Now I’m actually gonna have to DO it.

I know plenty of folks out there are well into the end of intermediate and on into advanced, but I do want to note that intermediate is hard. It looks like it’s not going to be that big of a deal, because you lose the bazillion vinyasas — but it’s a pretty strenuous string o’poses. I’m still kind of sketching it out in my body — still experiencing the design of the sequence. I really like it, but it’s daunting to think of doing it 5 days a week. Kind of like how primary seemed at first, now that I think of it.