Wondrous things

[flexagon]

It's pretty funny that I posted about yoga yesterday, because what should happen tonight but this:



Yep, those are my hands, firmly pressing together. (In this picture the bases of my index fingers are, I think, not touching, but they were in class.) I'm in complete disbelief, having not been aware of any shoulder/wrist progress lately. I've never been able to do this before. Either it's some freak thing that won't happen again for a year, or I have joined the ranks of the reverse namaste-ers! Perhaps it was the relaxing effects of helping bluechromis move boxes last night. :)

I also wanted to share this link to Pete Goldlust's carved crayon page. The time, precision and skill that went into these tiny sculptures is incredible.

Lastly, my favorite new made-up word is "sweateronormative." It comes from the land of knit-blogging. As in, geez, that magazine is so sweateronormative! 90% of the damn patterns are for sweaters. As a sock knitter I really feel left out. I think this is hilarious and brilliant, and we should all work together to get it added to the dictionary.

Comments

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Very cool- congratulations!! =)

(Incidentally, I love the fact that we posted simultaneously about wondrous things.)

[flexagon]

Oh my god, we did! That makes me so happy. :)

[nevers.livejournal.com]

man look at those puckers in your shoulderblades! fascinating! do everybody's do that?

i'm pretty sure i've always been able to do the reverse namaste (not surprisingly, thanks, lax shoulders) but right now it hurts my wrists. probably a sign of too much computers and not enough acrobatics.

[perfectbound.livejournal.com]

haha, i had to go look in the mirror! (well, two mirrors, b/c i can't swivel my head 180 degrees like a cat.) mine don't do that. i have very small dips in the same place and bigger ones closer to the tops of my shoulder blades. neat.

[flexagon]

It may be that as various muscles get more flexible or my form gets better, mine won't do quite what they do now, either. Like, I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to have my shoulders more back than I do. Not sure... I'll have to wait and find out! :)

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Oh msn, I can't even tell you how far I am from being able to do that. Glad helping me move got you there though. ;-)

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

EEEEEWWWW, I referenced MSN...even by accident that's gross.

msn = man

[flexagon]

*snicker*

I, on the other hand, have photographic evidence of how far I used to be from being able to do that.

March 2005:



OW THAT LOOKS PAINFUL! Jesus. I won't torture anyone with the pictures from subsequent years, but it's interesting how smooth and linear the improvement looks. One picture per year is definitely the sweet spot.

Let's move some plants and things tonight, ok? I still can't do the splits. :P

[birdofparadox.livejournal.com]

That's really an incredible amount of flexibility you've gained there.

I don't know if it's because I'm a big girl with thick arms, tight shoulders, or a combination of the two, but Cow Face, Reverse Namaste and Eagle arms feel impossible to me. Maybe I should take pictures to compare. I'd been planning on taking yoga pics this month, chubby-be-damned, but I've been flaring like a madwoman, and except for three days after the Bowditch workshop, I've been hurting.

[flexagon]

Yes, I'm really excited to get this one! When that picture was taken 2.5 years ago, I had no idea if I would ever get the rest of the pose. I love it that yoga is still exciting to me, still delivering breakthroughs and still offering a lot to work on.

Also, I find it fascinating that you put eagle arms in the same category as this pose -- I've always been able to do that effortlessly! I guess my shoulders intrinsically have no problem with pronating (hunching forward). But this reverse namaste thing, yeah, impossible, and I think my form still sucks.

Sorry you've been hurting. Stupid fibro! I would love to see flexibility pictures of you, and definitely recommend taking them once a year... it lets you see little things that are enlightening. :)

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

Yowza! Very impressive! I liked the crayon sculptures, too. They remind me a little of the Buddhist sand paintings.

[flexagon]

I found a box of almost-untouched crayons last night while cleaning up, and I have to say I'm tempted to try it... on a less impressive scale of course. I wonder what tools he used? Google isn't telling me.