I woke up in a great mood in spite of the rain. It’s strangely warm in NYC so wearing my big coat to the studio was actually a bit too warm. But it was nice to have it for my walk home since I look like I took a shower with my clothes on and it can get a bit chilly.
It was an ok class today. I was excited when I got to class, mainly because it’s my last 5:45am wake up on a Friday for a while, and was looking forward to kicking some ass in class. I did really well until about the last 1/3 of class. Then it just fizzled away. I still made it through all the poses, but just came out of quite a few a few seconds early. I think I was just tired. I’ve been lucky to have 2 4-day weeks this month with a couple of holidays in there, but I think by Thursday with the early wake-ups it starts to hit me, and then Friday is just brutal. So I guess today was just one of those days. Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow!
I think my worst pose today was Locust Pose. This is the point in the class where I could feel things starting to fizzle and just had an overwhelming feeling of just being tired overall. I still did it, but without much heart put into it. I didn’t even really go for it when lifting both legs. I can promise there were no higher than 4 inches, and I feel like that was a lot for me today. Tomorrow I’m going to really work on that one.
I had a really good Fixed Firm Pose. I feel like the pressure in my ankles is getting less and less each time, but it’s still extremely tight. I just do my best to release the pressure and breath through how uncomfortable it is. I also have to come out of it pretty slowly because that’s when I really feel it. But no matter how uncomfortable it is, I feel like I get a ton of benefit out of this one. I see obvious improvement and I just know it’s helping me. Now if I can just get my knees closer together!
I know I did one pose really well this morning and that was Balancing Stick. I locked my legs well, stretched as far as I could stretch, really kept my balance and held it the entire time. Your heart really races during this pose and it was a great feeling to nail it on both sets. During this one I just watch the drips fall off my nose, eyelashes and hands and just watch them hit the mat. I always get to see a little design of drops a the end of this one. Hot huh?
Well…3 days left! Even with a kind of “blah” practice today, I’m still excited to finish up and I’m definitely proud of myself for sticking with it. I’m hoping to get a great night of sleep, have some coffee and breakfast in the morning and have a lot of energy for my final 3!
