Foot, this is head; head, this is foot!
Jan. 13th, 2006 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonWhew. The intermediate yoga class was great tonight; with a focus on arm balances, it didn't even matter that my hamstrings were sore from Wednesday and I couldn't stretch them very much. We did a twisted-eagle balance I don't know the name of, and astavakrasana, and a twisted galavasana. It was a class by a newish teacher, and I often find these to be unintentionally challenging, because they don't realize that not everyone is as advanced a student as they are. (The few sardines in the room, and there were a few, were so lost! I felt bad for them. Someone should've warned them that intermediate means hard.)
Anyway, we didn't do any backbends at all, and since my spine has been improving lately I decided to come home and try a few. And after a few minutes, with the help of a strap, two couches and great muscular force... I touched my right toes to the top of my forehead! I actually knew I was pretty close when I posted this to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bendypeople a while ago... if you imagine that picture, but with the leg just bending more at the knee, the foot would have almost come to the head right there. A pleasant surprise. So I decided to go for it, and it touched.
I'm going to be sore tomorrow -- and you know what? I don't care. :D
It feels SO GOOD to be in a good mood again, finally, and not be sick anymore, and to have achieved something athletic.
Anyway, we didn't do any backbends at all, and since my spine has been improving lately I decided to come home and try a few. And after a few minutes, with the help of a strap, two couches and great muscular force... I touched my right toes to the top of my forehead! I actually knew I was pretty close when I posted this to
bendypeople a while ago... if you imagine that picture, but with the leg just bending more at the knee, the foot would have almost come to the head right there. A pleasant surprise. So I decided to go for it, and it touched.I'm going to be sore tomorrow -- and you know what? I don't care. :D
It feels SO GOOD to be in a good mood again, finally, and not be sick anymore, and to have achieved something athletic.
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Date: 2006-01-14 05:31 pm (UTC)Sardines -- those who make new year's resolutions, come to the studio in January, and cause everyone to be packed in like sardines. Obscure, I know, but I liked how it sounded. I occasionally blog just for me. :)