The Practice

I loved that our class today was like yoga's greatest hits...or freestyle yoga if you will :) We all shared our favorite pose, and it was interesting to see what people chose. It was nice to see some poses we used to do come back again. There were a few poses that I didn't want to see come back, but thankfully, those were temporary...We did shoulder stand today. Ever since I learned about that pose in yoga last semester, I have pulled it out at least weekly, plowing and standing on my shoulders without a care. Little did I know, that my footloose and carefree attitude could have wrecked my neck! Now I know better :D

I don't really have anything structured to say...
-Squeezing my back muscles helps me get into my downward dog further.
-I'm still having a lot of trouble with the wheel.
-Legs up the wall never feels particularly great for me. Maybe I should start putting a blanket under my back or something.

Hmm. I just started reading my friends' (classmates') blogs for inspiration because I don't know what else to say about ze practice. I made a goal last year to do the splits fully. I can get pretty close to the ground, but I want more! I need to get back to working on that daily. Ah-ha! I think I'll start trying a new pose from Light on Yoga/day. If that proves to be too challenging, I'll make it a pose a week, depending on the difficulty of the pose. Oh, I'm so excited! This week I'll start with the challenge posed by Dr. Schultz: progressing toward Baddha Konasana Three (and splits).