Lotus babble

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I still can't believe I did lotus pose yesterday. It felt so dreamlike at the time -- and in fact last night I did dream about it, and woke up and was afraid it was all a dream. It happened though, and without knee pain too. Now I have to go back to not working on it, because actively working on lotus pose is one of the more prevalent ways to get hurt in yoga. What a great practice though... ashtanga gives you something so good to do with coffee energy. :) I felt so light.

Forgot to mention that L-dawg came through town last week, and we did acroyoga in my living room. L-dawg is such a tiny person! She does work out a lot, and she could hold me up but couldn't keep me balanced. How I want someone I can do candlestick on! (I can do it on heisenbug but it hurts his wrists, which makes me feel guilty.) We talked for a while about how we're both more comfortable than we used to be about touching other people. For me it's mostly about knowing great stuff like acroyoga and the hamstring massage trick I learned a couple of weeks ago (which I've now done on three people, I think, and they all loved it and planned to beg for it from other people. Why are we not taught this stuff in school, whyyy?). Competence makes me comfortable, that and the fact that I haven't had a negative touching experience for quite a while now.

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[nevers.livejournal.com]

and here i am wanting someone to do candlestick on me… (everyone in my acro class can, of course, but not the everyday friends i do acroyoga with)

[flexagon]

and us in different cities! *pout*

seriously, it's surprising though. i would think that anyone who is comfortable with a headstand (not even handstand) would catch on to candlestick pretty fast. i did it on my first try, just from seeing you do it once.

[nevers.livejournal.com]

well, heather doesn't do headstands. and erin does not have much core strength or body control yet. and i haven't had a chance to play around with carrie in a while.

[nevers.livejournal.com]

when you are done being sick, maybe heisenbug can try using his hands/wrists in a different way? or does he just have bad wrists? he might be more comfortable with his thumb under your collarbone (on your sternum, not your throat) rather than with the thumb next to the other fingers. also, it might help if he doesn't let his wrists flex all the way but rather keeps some tension in them so they're slightly extended (make sense?). i personally let my wrists flex all the way but the acroyoga people say not to.

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Ah dear...I'm sorry for my candlestick failure! I have noticed some slight improvement in my wrist/elbow since doubling my thyroid dose, but it might just be placebo effect. I had a dream about gymnastics last night though...hehe, I was AWESOME! :) We should do other acroyoga stuff again though, I bet we can do other fun poses. Are there any movement + balance oriented ones? Like when I did superman when I was little my mom would make me fly around, and I think I could do that with you.

Anyway, it is so great that you did lotus. You should take an official "I'm a yogi master" picture to celebrate.

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It's not your fault your wrist is hurt! We can do more acroyoga stuff anytime. I don't know of any that aren't essentially just static holds, but there is that great transition from birdcage to bat and then toe-holding.... the one shown in the icon I'm using. The base has to sort of walk the feet around the flyer's hips to do it... granted, we have no training at all, but you're strong enough to plausibly just figure it out. :)

Sounds like a cool dream. And I totally will take a lotus picture someday. Probably March. (I didn't mention that it hurt my feet, it will be much cooler when it doesn't.)