Great class today! I guess everyone got lazy for a Friday and that’s why there was only 8 of us, which was really cool. Our instructor was able to really focus on each of us and correct all sorts of little things which made the practice a lot harder actually. Personally, I was really focusing on locking my legs throughout the practice, and just doing that, was a big change as far as effort. In order to lock your leg you have to constantly flex the front of your thigh. And if you do it for an entire pose, it’s extremely hard. But it also makes a huge difference.
I was energized this morning and didn’t have that dragging, I just got up at 5:45am, feeling, like I normally do. I slept really well and didn’t wake up once, so I’m sure that helped make the difference. Also, I think the class with less people was just nice and energizing overall. I am however, very excited to sleep in tomorrow. Especially since it’s suppose to snow a few inches and I can just take my time to get out the door to the 10am class.
I actually don’t have much to complain about today since it was such a good class, but I still had a few balance bobbles and my toughest pose was probably Standing Head to Knee Pose. Because I really focused on locking my leg, that made a big difference on the ability to kick out my other leg and actually hold it. I wasn’t as frustrated as normal and it was probably because I really made the locking leg thing my goal for the pose today. I’m going to keep at it tomorrow and keep building the strength.
Triangle Pose was a pose that the instructor really had to correct everyone. We learned to really keep the entire spine straight, everyone had to take a larger step to really get down into and then to just move only the arms to the up and down position. Then you can look up towards the hand and sit deeper into the pose to graze the toes with your other fingers. It completely changed the pose for me. I’m actually excited to do it again, correctly, tomorrow.
I had a super strong Awkward Pose today, unlike a couple of days ago. It’s kind of interesting how much your body and performance changes during these poses on a day to day basis. I was able to get super low on the mid-pose (We actually do 3 for awkward. 1st – sitting in a chair, 2nd – sitting in a chair on tip toes, 3rd – on tip toes sitting all the way down with butt barely off the heels) and keep my arms up the entire time. It was really hard and I could tell my heart rate was flying, but it was a really good accomplishment.
After doing this for 20 days, I think the main benefits I’m getting out of this challenge are improved posture, energy (even though I’m sore), great sleep, the need for healthy clean food, good skin and compliments. It’s been nice to get quite a few compliments at work from people saying they can tell the difference and that I look great. I don’t normally hear things like that so it’s been an interesting, but nice thing to digest and accept. But I’ll take it! Who doesn’t love a compliment here and there?!
