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

[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. :)