No sarcasm this time. I had a really nice gentle practice yesterday and it seems to have loosened up the tight piriformis. My lower back feels almost normal again, which is a relief, but the left hip still isn’t much better yet. I still can’t bind in marichyasana C because it pinches on the joint but forward bends with the left leg in lotus is coming back. I’m still leaving out marichyasana B and D because I don’t want to aggravate it before it’s back to 100%.

I thought I would have to stop yesterday’s practice early because the first few urdhva mukha svanasanas were really stressful on the lower back. By the time I finished my set of surya namaskaras, the back had loosened up and I felt good to continue.

I started losing concentration at janu shirshasana A. I noticed my first side felt very different to the second side so I was repeating both sides trying to figure out why it felt so different but I didn’t come up with an answer.

My right shoulder/chest area is aching a bit, I think it’s been overworked and needs some rest so I’ll probably skip a few vinyasas in tonight’s class. This isn’t another yoga-related injury though, I think I overworked it when I was massaging my own butt over the weekend.

M enjoyed his class again yesterday. He told me in the morning he didn’t much feel like going to yoga, but I think he’s glad he went after the fact. C did the closing chant for the class to wake them from shavasana. M said he mostly liked the chanting, only a few sounds of the words and the monotonous melody wasn’t so great. I love C’s closing chant personally, I think she has a beautiful voice.

I just read over what I typed so far and realised this is yet another post full of my whinging. I can’t wait until I can report on something positive, like getting a new asana. Then again, I’ll probably start whinging about how hard it is or how I think I’ll never be able to get it. A new asana is going to be a while away for me, got to get back to 100% before I even think about adding something new.