A fluke?

Posted in ashtanga yoga on 12/11/2009 11:56 am by karen

Of course I wondered if yesterday was a fluke! That’s how my mind works. I spent a little time reading about the sixth patriarch and smoothing out the vrttis that were queuing up to freak out if I couldn’t do the same thing today that I did yesterday. Silly mind! Afraid of frustration.

Calm. Calm. Breathe. Breathe. Just practice, breath by breath.

And it wasn’t a fluke. I had to do three tries, but there they were — my toes. They feel so little, upside down and backwards!

 

5 Comments

  1. Yes!!! congratulations!!!

  2. Haha, they seem little, that’s true!

    Now that you have your toes it’s totally different because you can pull on them to crawl up to your heels. Happy days :)

  3. In defense of your mind, frustration is really really uncomfortable. So, I don’t blame your mind for not wanting to deal.

  4. My mind thanks you. :-)

    Definitely one of the best things about practice is that it helps me improve my tolerance for frustration. Not that life in general doesn’t do its bit to teach that lesson…

  5. Hey Karen! Very happy for you.

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