Wow it’s been a while since I’ve written here. Unfortunately my time off yoga from the accident has fostered a bad habit of lack of practice. I’m not beating myself up over it, but I do think it’s time to get back on the saddle seriously. The mat is calling…

I’ve been so busy with other things lately. I decided to do some house-y things recently to organise my life a little better. I just finished stripping the paint off an old table and repainting it a shiney, shiney glossy white. Took me about a week in all, spending one or two hours a day on it.

Right now I’m into gardening. I’ve bought myself a frangipani cutting, two asiatic lilies, lavender seeds, perennial candytuff seeds, a variety of pots, gardening tools, potting mix, perlite, mulch etc etc etc. I don’t have a yard, so all my gardening stuff is geared towards container gardening.

I’ve been trying to grow some cherry tomatoes from seeds too. I was so eager that I didn’t check when to plant them and started them in late summer instead of early spring! Oops. Well, we have fairly mild winters here, so I’m hoping for a miracle to happen and for cherry tomatoes to sprout. I started out with 7 plants, and now I’m down to 4.

I don’t even know why I’m enjoying gardening right now. It’s not as if I’m any good at it! Oh well, I guess that’s not the aim of the game here, it’s about enjoying myself in the end.

Man, this was a big tangent from yoga I hope to be doing a little practice tonight. Nothing much, maybe just sun salutations and finishing lotuses.

I actually got up at 6:30 am! Ok, so it was really 6:45 am because I spent 15 minutes debating with myself whether to get up and practice or sleep in just a bit. The good Sue won this morning and even though it was a little on the chilly side, I got dressed and yoga-ed. Mind you, I didn’t do much today because I just didn’t have it in me physically. I was sore and I was so, so, so weak.

I’ve been told not to be so hard on myself recently, not specifically in yoga, but in general. So as I was monitoring myself during this morning’s practice, I noticed how much I was struggling yet determined I was to do my practice, even though I wasn’t happy doing it. So for once I listened to my body and mind and “cut [my-]self some slack”. I did sun salutations then the three closing lotus poses and that’s it. Ok, so that’s not it, I had a bit of play-yoga after a short shavasana, just a headstand and marychi C.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the hypertonic right butt muscle is back. I’m not doing something right and it’s resurfaced again. I think it’s from over-using my butt muscle (most likely piriformis, maybe… I don’t know) but how do I figure out the culprit? I think it’s utthita hasta padangushtasana, but I can’t be sure. I haven’t done any primary series yet, just sun sals, standing and finishing so it has to be limited to asanas in those sections. I’m almost certain it’s something in the standing postures. Oh well, I guess I have to pay even more attention to my body to figure this one out.