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Doing this challenge is no joke! My body sometimes forgets up from down and it is constantly telling my mind that it has no idea what it is talking about

I used to have favorite poses, because I was good at them. Alot of people dread camel pose because it is a really deep back bend and it makes you kind of nauseous. I love it, usually. Backward bends are where I am most naturally flexible. A teacher recently told me, well a class, that you are either flexible or strong and you have to practice the other one. For the most part I am strong.

So, what I was saying about my mind body disconnect, all of a sudden today I was doing standing head to knee. For months I have been laying a foundation and today I got my second leg straight! What an unexpected, but very welcome accomplishment. Fast forward to camel and I thought my stomach was in my throat and my eyes couldn't focus on anything and with the sweat dripping down my nose I am pretty sure I was water boarding myself. Sometimes I feel like I am breathing in pool water.

So I do play favorites with the poses. But apparently so does my body. I tell myself I love camel and instead I get complimented on my triangle, I remind myself how good I am at fixed firm, but that is the class that I master standing bow. My body has different plans for me. I guess moving forward I will just let it do the talking for those 90 minutes.