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Hey you guys, I hurt! Sore, sore, sore! In good places, though — all the inflexible spots: mid back, shoulders, that kind of thing.

I thought about skipping this morning, but then I wanted to try Vanessa’s suggestion about getting into eka pada sirsasana. Which I did try. To some success. Except, um, when I went to grab my outer thigh on the outstretched leg, I couldn’t find the strap — LOL! Yes, I now need not only longer legs, but legs with a handy strap on the outside thigh, so I can grab and pull myself more effectively into eka pada sirsasana.

And then I realized that Patrick is right and that it IS really good to have a teacher. Because tomorrow I will use my right hand to bring my right foot to my ear like a telephone, then I’ll bring my left arm up and over my head to grasp the foot and pull it back behind my head, and then, when I need to use my right hand to grab my left thigh, I’m gonna say “Hey, hold this, will you?” and MM will hold onto the leg behind my neck so it doesn’t press forward and snap my head off. Thank you in advance, Muscle Man!

Oh, did I forget to mention that I am kind of scared of putting my leg behind my head? Yeah. I’m nervous about my neck. Yes, I know, the foot goes down more onto the shoulder. Except it doesn’t quite yet. I’ll be happy when one day it does tuck down more and I can quit worrying about my neck.

Still, worrying about wrecking my neck means I don’t have time to worry about popping my hip out of its ball and socket joint. So that’s something to be grateful for.

And who knew? As I entertained my little worries about neck and hips, the only thing that was really affected was my back. Which is sore now. Sore muscles in two neat little rows that run down either side of my spine, about three inches out from the spine itself. The soreness makes me keep wanting to bend backwards for relief. Ah, a self-sustaining cycle of increasing flexibility. Genius.

P.S. Pincha mayurasana is easy unless you put it at the end of a strenuous practice. Then it’s pretty challenging. Just sayin’.