One Year Of Yoga

Today’s Ashtanga class was a good one. I was able to get up into headstand again! Against the wall of course, but since I couldn’t even do that before, this is a big improvement for me! This achievement comes at a good time since I have been frustrated at myself for still having tight hips. It seems like after 128 days I should be farther along in the hip flexibility department. I know so many other factors come into play here with emotions and stress, etc. I just need to be patient with myself.

This was an advanced class and I really enjoyed it. It moved slowly but we worked deeper in the poses than usual. We did some exercises which really stretched the shoulders. We used a block between our forearms. My shoulders are pretty tight and I think that’s the reason my arm felt a little twinge of pain in Wheel pose. I would like to try to do this exercise regularly and see if that helps me prepare for wheel.