Yoga #2: Uphill-Climbing Dog, Both Ways, In the Snow

[serinde]

Different teacher today, but same style (namely, vinyasa). And the class wasn't any more difficult today--that is, more or less the same sequence of poses was happening--but I had a much harder time with it, for some reason, and had to return to child pose for a Post-12 a few times. (And then felt myself starting the self-flagellation of You Big Pansy, You Can't Keep Up, but stamped it down with the large foot of This Is Not Competition.) I don't know if this was a result of not stretching beforehand, or exhaustion from the week, or the curse of Eve, or all of the above.

There is an awful awful lot of Downward-Facing Dog, and I had some worry whether this would make my wrist worse. I seem to have escaped further ouchies, however.

Comments

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Vinyasas are very challenging, as you don't get much of a chance to hold/rest in each position. Yoga is weird. Some days you can do 25 vinyasas in a row, no problem, and some days, you can't even manage 2 in a row. It's not like weight-lifting where if you do 30 lbs. one day, you should be able to do that same 30 lbs two days later. You are NOT a big pansy. You're doing great, and you should do what is appropriate for your body on each different day.