That's what it feels like, anyway.
I wanted to get up and walk this morning - I miss my walks - so I set my alarm clock for 10 til 6. Will called out to me at about 3:40, so I got in bed with him, but I never really fell fully asleep because I knew my alarm was going to go off and I wanted to get back in our bed before it did. So I dozed for a few hours, then got up and got back in my bed at 5:45. I had a whole five minutes before the alarm was going to go off.
I went on my walk, got the boys fed/dressed/out the door, then came home. I was going to do some sun salutations and leave it at that, since I felt tired from yesterday and from my poor night's sleep, but once I got started on the series with the DVD, I just kept going. Also, the thought of attending a full series class is in the back of my mind and I am afraid I am going to humiliate myself the first time I go, so I wanted to do the whole thing and see how bad it would really be.
I was pretty tired by the time I got through the marichyasanas...I started skipping the vinyasas between sides and even between postures my vinyasas were pretty lame. I didn't even try to lower myself the right way, I just flopped to the floor, pushed up into down dog then walked my feet forward.
At garbha pindasana I actually rocked all the way around (I'm sure it wasn't pretty), but I noticed that my tailbone was super sore - probably from yesterday's practice. The konasanas (I think) where you balance on your tailbone....I just have to let go of my feet to balance, then grab my feet again. And my tailbone was hurting like a mother.
Yesterday when I did chakrasana I came out of it tilted to the left and the same thing happened today; my shoulders are really bony and when I did chakrasana today, I again went to the left, smacking that bone which was sore from yesterday. I know that is happening because I am scared. I'm chickening out at the moment when I should be pushing up. What am I afraid of?
Backbends...I mustered all the strength left in my noodle arms and did two...had to do a modified one for the third. Headstand....I have no confidence in the placement of my arms and head, so I could not even get both feet off the floor at the same time.
So anyway, I did the whole thing...maybe if I go to one of the all-level classes I won't stick out like a sore thumb. Speaking of an all-level class, there is a serious dearth of ashtanga classes in this city. Why is that?? We hosted the Olympics for god's sake, you'd think there's be more than two ashtanga studios in the city, one of which has NO led classes during the day and the other of which only has two daytime led classes during the week.
So all day I have felt progressively stiff, sore and achy in my bony spots. I also have two very sore spots which are beginning to bruise at the very tops of my inner thighs....I guess from pulling my heels in lotus and the marichys so hard yesterday. And all I want to do is stretch out each arm, brace my hand against a post in the entry way and push against them so that my biceps and inner shoulders strrrreeettttccccchhhhh. I keep turning to grab the back of my chair and trying to stretch my shoulders, uppper back and chest
Michael's at yogaKids; Beth came and got him...he's very cranky this afternoon....I told him to go to yoga and let all those cranky feelings go, that they would pass like each breath. I think he's still pretty tired.
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I like both of the ashtanga studios there... John is very insightful but a little less traditional. Atlanta Yoga is pretty traditional and the instructor hails from Encinitas (ie., an old student of Tim Miller's). I really like the energy at AY but I think they only do Mysore?
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