Double Pigeon Pose
Today’s Yin class seemed more challenging for me than some in the past. I felt aches in my knees after holding the double pigeon. In fact all my joints felt sore when releasing a pose that involved them. Boy, this teacher really knows how to make a body feel old!
I had planned on doing the power class today, but my neighbor played her music really loud again and woke me up so I was too tired Saturday morning to do a vigorous class. Maybe doing another Yin class is better to conquer the achy feeling in my legs.
Slow paced Yin was a welcome class this afternoon. It felt good to stretch at a slower pace. Fit my mood. My muscles feel achy after the deep stretching. I wonder if that will ever go away?
This was a good class. Just what I needed after over-indulging at a dinner party the night before. 
 I woke up with a headache and my stomach was a little queasy.  I drank lots of water throughout the day and tried to rehydrate the best I could.  My body seemed to be telling me a restorative yoga class was in order.  I found a Yin Yoga class which holds each stretching posture for 5-10 minutes.  The instructor said that she has read studies that say you have to hold a pose for 10-20 minutes in order to improve the flexibility of that pose. She had us hold 3 different hip stretches for 5 minutes each, so hopefully I will notice improved flexibility in my hips next time!
Today I led a Yin Yoga class in the nice studio in our condominium complex. Yin is very restorative. It’s a nice balance to the more “Yang” yoga styles like Bikram and Vinyasa. I ended class with our legs up the wall. During this posture I noticed my right ankle tingling again. I am hoping this is a good sign. Possibly more blood flow going to the ankle to loosen it up? I am going to watch this over the next few days.
Today’s class was in the yoga room at our condo complex. It is a very nice space with beautiful wood floors. I lead a Yin Yoga class and I had to modify a few poses for Jason who sprained his ankle last night walking home from dinner. Poor guy, and for the record, he only had two beers. It was really dark and he did not see the hole that had been dug around a tree on the sidewalk.
Yin is a very gentle yoga with stretching poses held for a long time. Can be so relaxing that one of the guys in the class actually fell asleep!…we could hear him snore.
Tried some new poses using different props. We used chairs and blankets to really deepen stretches and reach places we couldn’t on our own.