Knees, lifting and backbends..

I tweaked my left knee...I don't think its very serious..but I can hear it clicking when I bend it..There's also a pinchy feeling when I bend it.

I hope it gets better soon...I reckon its because I did samakonasana in class today..hatha class in the studio. I haven't tried it for a while..and who knew I could sink all the way to the floor..I was surprised too..BUT..when I was getting out of it..I had to prop myself up on the elbows to get up..and I think I did something to the knee while squirming out of the pose..hmmm...

I have been practising primary the past few days on my own. I can jump back from bakasana pretty consistently now..Its strange that just a few weeks ago I was completely clueless and now its actually quite fun to jump out of it. I've also been really doing my take it up lifts in nearly every vinyasa. Very tiring, but its getting easier to do now though. I just do not believe that I can't do this, when some people make it look so effortless to lift up and jump back. I am sure that one day I WILL do it!;P

I just have to say that my backbends have been pretty comfortable lately thanks to some research stuff I've been throwing in before practice. I've been really stretching out my hip flexors via lunges, and tucking the tailbone under to get to the top of the thighs, and also lying in supta virasana before practice, because my hip flexors were tightening up a lot. However this seems to really pay dividends when it comes to backbends. I notice it makes it easier to keep my feet parallel in backbends, and I can extend my hips more..and also keep the bend from going all the way to my lunbar too much..

The other thing that helps immensely are the shoulder stretches I've been doing lately..rotating my arms with the strap, and also dropping from urdhva dhanurasana onto my elbows to try to work my upper chest and shoulders. It really does work..backbending have been pretty comfy lately..