Wandering Mind

Practice was OK this morning. I was really looking forward to going in but once I got through the Sun Salutations my energy sort of dropped. I have a headache, which is a little unusual for me so that was a bit of a distraction, and I think I was actually trying to do handstands in my vinyasas and that never works. I cruised up through supta padangustasana but sidetracked myself towards yoganidrasana because my supta kurmasana was so tight I wanted to get a little extra in on the hips, hamstrings and shoulders. I think it was very beneficial, but I didn’t try to work the feet behind the head, just tried to straighten the legs. Felt like tortoise on his back pose… However, without my bodyweight causing my hamstrings to lock up like in Kurmasana I was nearly able to straighten them AND keep my knees behind my shoulders. It felt good and I may try to sneak it in during my self-practices after supta padangustasana. I didn’t start my practice until 7:00 and have to be done by 8:30 so I didn’t get a chance to add any second series. I really need to get there by 6:30. In lieu of sirsasana I worked on adho mukha vrksasana and viparita chakrasana (walking my feet down the wall). If that pose is something you want to try and you can do adho mukha vrksasana I would really recommend trying it with a wall. It feels great!

Yesterday when I got to work there was this little black and white kitten outside my window that I’m assuming was a feral kitten. It didn’t really want anything to do with me and took off as soon as the coast was clear. I was actually a little relieved as I can’t take another cat. Two is plenty. But I was a little disappointed not to see it this morning. It couldn’t have been but 9 or 10 weeks old.

The boss is out this week so motivation is lower than normal. Thankfully most everything I have to do is necessary and not optional. That keeps me going a little bit more. That being said, I am sitting in the coffee shop of the library writing my blog. While I was here I wanted to check out the book that Julie recommended. And since I practiced this morning I’ll actually have to figure out what to do this evening… That has to be one of my favorite things about a morning practice, free evenings.