Wandering Mind

Picture, if you will, doing it differently. To bring change into your person and your practice. In fact, to change how you change your practice. This was the theme of tonight’s practice, and yes, as you can guess from my lack of whining, it was a good class. I went into tonight’s class with an open mind, and a willingness to try to do and think differently than my norm, not because there is anything wrong with my practice, but because in not being open I am missing opportunities and I’m making myself unhappy. And interestingly enough, Beth had the same intention for the class. (Incidentally, I stole the change how you change line from her). I really enjoyed the class coming at it from that perspective. I found I was really able to use the variations and the lengthened poses to really deepen my practice. I found myself looking at many of the poses differently tonight. I stayed focused on many details of each pose and if I couldn’t adjust myself any more I focused on lengthening the breath. I found a subtle deepening in many of my poses and a couple not so subtle deepenings. In urdhva Dhanurasana I could really feel my upper back open and my shoulders released more so I was able to take my chest further through (I don’t know really how to say that). Bhujapidasana felt good tonight, too. My knees were about as high on my shoulders as I think they have ever been. I also worked the pincha mayurasana arms again in sirsasana. I really have to focus to keep my hands out and elbows in but I really think it will pay off in many poses if I just keep working that strength and flexibility. My mind wandered off in savasana a little and I realized I only had two more classes with Beth and two more with Maria and then I’m done here. Got a little choked up thinking how hard that last savasana is going to be.

My mom is here visiting now. She came to help deep clean the house in exchange for private yoga classes. I think I got the better end of that deal. We got through the sun salutations and the standing series today. She did really well and her alignment was impressive. Kinda weird teaching my mom yoga but it turned out to be a lot of fun.

Ok, I gotta go. Darwin the cat has decided I’m supposed to be paying attention to him and not the computer so…Good Night!