Left knee

It has been acting up again the last day or two, feeling achy and stiff and making lots of popping noises and I am pretty convinced that the glucosamine makes a real difference. This is like the third time now when I've slacked off the glucosamine for a few days and my knee starts to hurt. When I start taking it again it quits hurting. It's possible that I could take it every other day and still feel the benefits. I read something in the paper last week about glucosamine raising the cholesterol level (anecdotal, but still) and since I am a lower-carb eater and I do eat meat, and I have not had my cholesterol checked in years, I am wondering if I should take the minimum glucosamine. What I really need to do is go get my cholesterol checked, I know.

Went to a hot 90 tonight - Kim, who is brand new, like tonight was her second class brand new, was going, and asked me and Beth to come along, so we did. I think I was the most advanced practitioner in the class, and I was in front and center, which was unintentional, but the two corner spots in the front were taken. I like to be close to the mirror, but I like to be way off to the side.

I bound it matsyendrasana and James called me out for it. Ooops. Binding is not part of the pose in the Bikram series, but I do it anyway because I really like to crank my spine and shoulders around. I can really only do it on the right, anyway; I can bind on my left too but not enough to really pull on my arm and get more of a twist.

I didn't do any yoga yesterday, didn't focus on my breathing, didn't balance on the four points of my feet and lengthen my spine at any time during my day. Nothing. It felt really good to be back on my mat tonight and my body was ready to stretch and work. I held toe stand on the right for the longest time ever, at least thirty seconds; James was helping someone so he didn't call change as quickly as usual.

I want to at least get in a few sets of sun salutations before Sunday. I am nervous about making it through the full primary series.