Despite superstitions: All net!
Posted in ashtanga yoga on 12/12/2009 07:46 pm by karenToday I went to a workshop The Poetess put on. Lots of psoas stretching and back opening. I always get a little nervous about doing new sequences — my brain starts screaming “this isn’t the right order!” which is kind of funny.
Still, it was nice to spend time with The Poetess. Anyhow, at the end of the practice, we did kapotasana. Whoa! Superstition alert! Kapotasana? Without salabhasana followed by bhekasana followed by dhanurasana followed by parsva dhanurasana followed by ustrasana followed by laghu vajrasana? Huh??! I immediately lowered my expectations and figured I wouldn’t be able to get to my toes, under these circumstances.
I went back, walked my hands in, stretched up, walked my hands in some more, thought about how it was okay not to get my toes under these unusual circumstances, and… then I got my toes.
12/12/2009 at 8:36 pm
12/13/2009 at 5:31 am
Toes are here to stay! Hurray! Pic made me laugh
12/13/2009 at 4:04 pm
Mazeltov on the toe-touch. Now surrender it to the universe! Ishvara pranidhana, quickly! Just kidding, keep it, sounds like you’ve earned it.
Maybe I’m waiting until my 50s to hit my stride with this practice, too.
12/14/2009 at 8:11 pm
yes, it’s interesting what we think we ‘need’ to do before doing some poses. I can pull off a spot on heel-grabbing kapo without all that b.s. And we all know I’m old.
12/14/2009 at 8:16 pm
Old but hella bendy.
Maybe I should get tee-shirts made?
12/14/2009 at 9:34 pm
old and bendy.
I like it. I only bend forward when I’m cold, definitely not backwards! I’m impressed!
I’d buy one of your t-shirts, Karen!
12/16/2009 at 5:10 am
Just saw this prop on Avril’s blog, have you seen? right up your street…. and christmas is coming : )
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