Its been a longggg while since this lazy blogger logged in...

Soo...I'm back..

I realise its been too long that I've not updated. Problem is I've reached some plateau of sorts...not that much to update.

Still stuck at ekapada shirshasana...I'm still having a hard time keeping my left leg behind without hands...so I guess thats where I'll stay until things pull together..

In the meantime, I've a workshop with John Scott this weekend!!! YAY!!! I'm a little worried though cos I'd expect he would expect quite a bit from us..and I heard even my teacher D will be attending..hmmm..guess I'll hideout behind him if necessary..hehehe

Practice at home is so so...mysore has been uneventful too. I kinda get through primary series quite smoothly..except the problems sometimes with supta K..which is still inconsistent..I bind my hands easily..but getting my feet behind my head while on the floor is a prob still..I can more or less get them together in front...but its also a struggle since my torso is soo long my head always gets in the way. Most of the time, my teachers will have found their way to me before I'm properly crossed and pulled it behind the head..I've put my chin on the crossed feet before cos there's no space to cross my feet in front...so that remains a bit of a sore spot in my primary series.

I've recently found it easy to put the hands through for Garba, strangely enough. Its definitely not from weight loss since I've put on about 2kgs..the weight gain hasn't affected my practice much at all..its only played a part in making me self conscious about my puffy face..but thats a whole other story.

Also, rolling up into urdhva paschimotanasana is happening to me relatively consistently now..so I can't say there are no improvements at all. Jumping into bakasana B is not happening though. I have no idea how to do it. I do think my bandhas have gotten a little bit stronger..jumping back out of bhujapidasana and supta k is happening consistently..although there is a bit of a thud going on.

I did a body composition scan recently. Apparently I've grown 2 cm btw..think my spine has elongated..I'm now 169 cm!!! I guess yoga really can elongate the body! I just hope my spine doesn't get any longer..cos that would make my torso even longer than before!!!*gasp*

I also find it easier to lift up and sort of tilt my butt back as if to jump back..but thats where is all stops and I gotto use my toes to propel me backwards from there. According to my body composition test, I've a pretty underdeveloped trunk...musculature wise...sigh..time for lots of pilates to build up the core...I'm giving that a go when I have the chance to make it for a pilates class and see if it'll build up my abs more...

Mysore Feb 28 2008

Didn't do my usual split..finished primary and went up to Laghu before calling it a day. Went well though..no hiccups..was pretty strong...

Jump back from bhuja - ok
Supta k - ok
Jump back supta k - ok
jump back from sitting - still not even close
garba - hands could not get through and didn't bother trying to do it..
rolling up from to urdhva mukha pashimotanasana - did it quite precariously..yeah!

all in all..satisfying practice..;)