I tried dropovers today...wow that was really scary!!!
D told me to try coming into a scorpion handstand today..and I was scared stiff and could only manage to plop down into UD..he was holding my hips the whole time though. Nevertheless it was fun and scary all at the same time!
I am still riding the high from that experience..and just had to blog it here..
Anyhow its put a large smile on my face..I feell YOUNG!!!! hahahah..coincidentally..today (well since its past 12 am my time) is my birthday...and strangely I feel like a kid again despite getting older..hahahhah
Now I just have to contend with doing it every week!;P
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
More poses!!!!
Oh My.
I got bharadvajasana and ardha matsyendrasana...hmmm...with a missing bakasana b in the middle though..hahahahah
D was feeling all too generous this Thursday and decided to give them to me (skipping bakasana b). I asked him about my total inability at bakasana b, and he said to make sure I work on a tonne of navasanas..and I may eventually be able to do it. Soo...in a very criminal way, I've earned 2 new poses..but I don't feel too great that I'd skipped the hard one.
I guess to make myself feel better, I'd better make sure I work on bakasana b on my own. I'm gonna surf the green board now and see if there are any tips on how to do that pose..
I got bharadvajasana and ardha matsyendrasana...hmmm...with a missing bakasana b in the middle though..hahahahah
D was feeling all too generous this Thursday and decided to give them to me (skipping bakasana b). I asked him about my total inability at bakasana b, and he said to make sure I work on a tonne of navasanas..and I may eventually be able to do it. Soo...in a very criminal way, I've earned 2 new poses..but I don't feel too great that I'd skipped the hard one.
I guess to make myself feel better, I'd better make sure I work on bakasana b on my own. I'm gonna surf the green board now and see if there are any tips on how to do that pose..
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Just getting on the mat..
There hasn't been that much to blog about lately. Happy 2008 by the way!;)
I've recently started running...just the treadmill though..I want to try my hand at a triathlon sometime this year. I reckon it might make me a little stiffer than normal, but I run for just 20 minutes, then get down to practice. It hasn't seriously impacted my flexibility so far, just a slightly longer time to warm up the hamstrings and noticeably tighter right quad when I do my lunges.
Practice has been ok. Its really much easier to just get on the mat nowadays than suffer the discomforts and stiffness of not practicing, so its not too hard a motivation to get down to practice. Breakthroughs..? not much, but its quite easy for me to get through primary nowadays on my own, so I throw in an assortment of second if I feel like it...
I know, I know..I'm supposed to practice all the way to bakasana..but I really don't feel like it most days and just either finish primary or skip some of the last few poses and do some second series. No wonder there isn't much improvements;P
One thing I've been able to do recently is work out how to balance my handstands and forearm stands. Just a few breaths, but at least I think I know what needs to be done. First thing I always have to do it straighten my back and eliminate any curves in the spine..it helps a whole lot. Then its reaching the feet wayyy up into the air. Those things helped tremendously.
Also because my shoulders seem to be tightening a whole lot of the left side, I've taken to doing more UDs...3-4 at the wall using blocks stacked at an angle and then another 3-4 without blocks. It feels like heaven...I need backbends so much nowadays..it just feels delicious;) Mmm...I think UD is a pose I've grown to love more and more.
I've recently started running...just the treadmill though..I want to try my hand at a triathlon sometime this year. I reckon it might make me a little stiffer than normal, but I run for just 20 minutes, then get down to practice. It hasn't seriously impacted my flexibility so far, just a slightly longer time to warm up the hamstrings and noticeably tighter right quad when I do my lunges.
Practice has been ok. Its really much easier to just get on the mat nowadays than suffer the discomforts and stiffness of not practicing, so its not too hard a motivation to get down to practice. Breakthroughs..? not much, but its quite easy for me to get through primary nowadays on my own, so I throw in an assortment of second if I feel like it...
I know, I know..I'm supposed to practice all the way to bakasana..but I really don't feel like it most days and just either finish primary or skip some of the last few poses and do some second series. No wonder there isn't much improvements;P
One thing I've been able to do recently is work out how to balance my handstands and forearm stands. Just a few breaths, but at least I think I know what needs to be done. First thing I always have to do it straighten my back and eliminate any curves in the spine..it helps a whole lot. Then its reaching the feet wayyy up into the air. Those things helped tremendously.
Also because my shoulders seem to be tightening a whole lot of the left side, I've taken to doing more UDs...3-4 at the wall using blocks stacked at an angle and then another 3-4 without blocks. It feels like heaven...I need backbends so much nowadays..it just feels delicious;) Mmm...I think UD is a pose I've grown to love more and more.
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