Class 4 for the week...
I am getting so excited and just a little bit nervous for this challenge. Ive been talking to a lady at Yoga who is currently about 2 weeks into her 30 day challenge and she loves it, she has even stopped coffee for the challenge (that’s something I may have difficulty with). Sometimes think, Pffttt this will be easy but then after doing 4 classes this week already I can feel different parts of my body hurting more than usual.
Last nights class was amazing. I wasn’t planning on doing class because I was super tired but after helping some new students with their mat set up and feeling the warmth of the room, I couldn’t help myself. I told my teacher, who has become a very good friend, that I was heading in and so she insisted I setup right up front (damn it). The room was already pre-heated from the class beforehand so feeling the sweat drip off me in pranayama breathing felt amazing.
Talking about sweat, last night it was CAH-RAZZZZ-YYY. I am now comfortable to practice in a sports bra and when I was in Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose the sweat was like rain on the floor in front of me, it was dripping off every part of my body, I couldn’t believe it! Come to Rabbit Pose and the sweat was flooding out my nose…it was just uncontrollable last night – but I still enjoyed the class and all the beginners came out smiling which is always great to see.
One posture I had fun with last night was Standing Forehead to Knee. This posture has taken me 1.5 years to master and last night for the first time I was able to bring my forehead down knee (left side) and hold it and not fall out. For some reason I find it difficult to kick out on my right side so I tend to try full expression on my left (I think I have one side of my body longer than the other) so that is one thing I want to be able to fix by the end of the challenge. I find this is the best pose to test your balance because holding your foot at 90 degrees for one minute with a locked knee is very challenging.
