Looks like my blogging frequency isn’t really improving. Gotta get myself back into the swing of things.

Home practice on Monday and Tuesday, both were very average. I just realised that even though I can get my chest to the ground in upavishta konasana, my knees aren’t pointing to the ceiling, especially the left one.

That’s the thing about home practices for me, I’m less concentrated and I fiddle more to get into a pose. I wouldn’t have noticed my kness if I wasn’t fiddling. I also did a bind in marichyasana C, I’m not getting it back yet, it still pinches on the left side, but I managed half lotus and bind in ardha baddha padmottanasana. Backbends were good, started to walk my hands closer to my feet to get more of a bend happening.

I got to have a sort of yoga date with M on Monday. I didn’t practice with him, that would make 2 yoga practices in 4 hours and that would be crazy even for a yoga addict like me. Instead, I talked him through his routine while sitting on a fitball. I wouldn’t make a very good instructor, I get my lefts and rights mixed up and I can’t seem to talk fast enough or connect my brain to my mouth as smoothly as I’d like. I guess it takes practice for these things. Oh well, teaching is still years away for me, if I decide to teach that is!

M’s going to try to make practice a more regular thing and I’m trying to support him so whenever he wants to yoga, I’m going to make it a point to be there in case he wants to be led.

Didn’t do any yoga on Wednesday. Bad lady, I know. I went for a power walk with M instead. One hour and fifteen minutes later, I was sweating like a pig, my heart rate was through the roof, I had a blister on my left foot, my right hip flexors were overworked and I felt like crashing. Actually, I did crash. The same amount of time spent doing yoga doesn’t cause me to crash like this. It amazes me. I can’t believe walking can make my muscles so sore!

Today’s my last day at the shala for a while. I’ve decided to take some time off classes and just do home practices. The aim is to get into a morning routine. I’m still not sure if I’ll start taking morning mysore classes or give myself a break from classes all together. I have until September 4th to decide, that’s the next billing cycle.

Gotta get ready for class now. I’m going to miss everyone