Wandering Mind

It’s nice to know that it is possible to have a good practice with no energy. Usually when my energy is down I walk out of practice even more down on myself. Tonight I was feeling pretty good on my way to the studio but as soon as I walked in the door my energy just went kaput. But I went into my practice with the intention of accepting my low energy and just allowing my practice to be what it was. I slowed down a bit and took a little extra time to get into some of the poses. They all felt really good and I think I was able to get a little deeper in some because I took more prep time. One odd thing was the spontaneous handstands in my vinyasas. When I jump forward sometimes if my hips are high enough it’s easier to go into a handstand and then lower down and swing the legs through. Some days I intentionally try to do this and other days it just sort of happens. Today was one of the sort of happens days. But the amazing thing was the amount of balance and ease I felt in handstand. The one time I really tried to do it and had a concern about the outcome it was not pretty. One thought on the handstands. If my prana was low then there was a good chance I had more apana which is much more of a rooting energy which may have allowed for a stronger foundation (this is something I’m just starting to learn/understand). And my Uddiyana Bandha was back tonight and I always get a better lift with that. So I guess what I was/am trying to say is my energy sucked but class was still great.

On a side note –if what we perceive as a low energy class could be a low prana class, the apana could be quite strong… it could then be a very good class for working rooting poses.

I think I mentioned a while ago that the Ashtanga Studio in NP might have Mysore classes. I had since learned that they didn’t really take off so they stopped doing them… BUT! I just got an email saying they are going to start doing them again on Tuesdays and Thursdays! This is good! I also have someone coming to look at the house tomorrow afternoon who is looking to buy quickly… wouldn’t that be nice.

I leave for NP a week from tomorrow.