June 16 2007

I've been a little out of action the last week. I have this persistent flu which is kinda a pain...running nose and watery eyes etc. Skipped my mysore class on Thursday..although I really wanted to go. Practiced yesterday though and found that my whole body was stiff as a plank througout. Seems that not practicing for a week can make one forget bandhas...hahaha..in my case anyway. I landed with a huge thud on my but in most of the jump throughs..and couldm't even balance in bhujapidasana on the lift! wow. never thought one week of relative inaction could be so detrimental. However, it did make me realise how important it is to keep up the practice.

I felt great after practice though. I could hear pops all over the body as if my body was tied up in knots after the lack of practice too. I did do some asanas and attended a vinyasa class during the week when I wasn't feeling too sick, but apparently that doesn't help me unknot as primary series does.

Anyhow towards the end, my UDs were strong and I could feel myself getting back to normal. Its really a revelation to feel how different it is when you don't practice and when you do. Makes me more dedicated towards making it a point to practice 6 days a week as much as possible.

Today's class at the gym was great. Even though I woke up stiff as a board, and thought I'd really demo badly, my poses were fine. Also my students told me my instructions were very clear and helpful. I'd like to credit that to my recent Iyengar classes though, because I learnt quite a few things about alignment which was really helpful and which I couldn't wait to share with my class.