My teacher is back. So class was on as usual. Quite a few new faces..replacing my familiar regular classmates. Don't know where they went..
There was this incredibly strong guy practising next to me in class with unbelievably strong jumpbacks. I was green with envy. He still had to drag his feet a little to get back, but after that..it was WHOOSH..hang time in the air..then incredibly soft landing. Now WHEN am I gonna get to that stage??!!!! Besides that he was pretty flexible as well, although there were some poses he was still a little stiff at. Noticeably the backbends...I wonder if there is a correlation between strong bandhas/stiff backs and weak bandhas/flexy backs...??
On my own practice...hmm..I lost my jumpthroughs the first couple of times..landing with a big thud..but then I decided I wasn't gonna let the bandha boy next to me hear me crash land...sucked in uddiyana..and managed some respectably soft landings after that.
I was nice and open throughout though..hamstrings, hips, backbends..all went well. Binded the tortoise over the head (with minimal help from D..and he crossed the left foot over right instead...??) and lifted into dwi pada..got back to bakasana..and couldn't jump back. Bhuja was good..went down, came up..got back from the whole tithibasana/bakasana thing..and jumped back 1 foot and landed on my knees...OWW..
Everything was good except my jumpbacks..they suck..they STILL suck..and I wonder how long they will continue sucking?
No new pose..I think D probably has the same criteria for me for advancement in second series as J has...jump back from bakasana. I don't know how long this jumping back business is gonna take...gosh I do hope its not going to be a longggg timeee....
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