I think that it was inevitable that I would have a wonky class last night. As I was leaving work to head to the studio, I said to a friend that I wasn't feeling it. My stomach felt off, my legs felt sore, my head felt light and this was before I even got into the hot room. But, not going is not an option, so I went.
The class was annoyingly full for a Tuesday night. And there were three totally new to bikram students in the room. Since I've been practicing at this studio, I haven't been in a class with a total BV (bikram virgin). Last night's class had two men that appeared to be in their first yoga class ever. Giggling and unfocused the whole class, and my luck, right in my view. Looking at myself in the mirror, it was so easy to let my focus drift and see tipple topple behind me fall out of awkward pose, fall out of eagle, out of standing head to knee... Oddly, though, in spite of the distraction I managed to get a pretty good workout in. I've been looking at pictures (some posted) and watching videos and challenging myself to push past my comfort and into a deeper expression.
My standing bow was awesome and I went so deep into camel that when I was looking at the floor. That being said, I had a really hard time recovering from camel and ended up sitting out for most of the last poses. My body is not as achy as it has been, but my legs feel really heavy lately. I have come to terms that I am stronger than I am stretchy. But, I would really love to get stretchier. Maybe... stretch outside of class? I don't know. If you have suggestions for developing flexibility I'm all ears.
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