I’m flying!
Posted in ashtanga yoga on 05/05/2010 10:15 am by karenLanded bakasana B twice out of four tries this morning. I was gonna try a fifth, but decided to cut my loses when I had a 50% success rate.
No idea how I managed to land it, and it was only for a couple moments before I keeled over — but hey, it’s a beginning!
Ran out after practice for a quick cup of coffee with The Poetess. Great to see her and catch up a bit. Want to make a point of keeping in touch more often. Home practice needs a community supplement!
05/05/2010 at 2:16 pm
Karen – that’s so exciting! I can’t wait to figure this one out myself, that’s pretty darn sweet. Congrats on flying!
05/05/2010 at 2:22 pm
I fell out of the first one because I was surprised to get it. The second one was followed by a furious inner monolog: “How’d I do that?!?” and attempts to discern any kinesthetic memory I might have. It’s the usual situation, though — how I did it is rather a mystery, and I’m going to have to just keep practicing it until it’s something that I can do, rather than something that I can’t.
05/05/2010 at 3:20 pm
Congrats on the bakasana Karen, i keep losing it and finding it again and then losing it again. At the moment I’m landing it but not as sweetly as I did a few months ago,
05/06/2010 at 9:31 am
I flashed on you at the last moment this morning, and landed it out of handstand for the first time. No kidding.
05/06/2010 at 10:01 am
Practice really is the answer to all questions, isn’t it?
05/06/2010 at 11:46 am
Hahaha! This is a funny one – I only practice b-b once a week and have never showboated around with it (landing it from handstand in a traditional room = bid for attention), but when I decided to try it this morning to test the edges of your remote inspiration power, the handstand version was shocking there. So thanks.
After a breath I grunted and crashed on my face (beak still intact). I’ll take credit for that last part.
05/06/2010 at 12:21 pm
Yeah, I’m still crashing — the shock of the flight still disturbs vrttis.
Very cool how something that always seemed so heavy can suddenly become so light. [And aren't THOSE words to live by!]