Wednesday 9 March, 2005

Wednesday double class

Normally I prefer to take an earlier yoga class so I can be home about the same time as Dragon does. But I've started to take the double class on Wednesday that finishes after nine - maybe it's better this way as then Dragon gets some me-time alone which he normally never gets.

Today's flow class was absolutely fantastic: the room was full and hot, and Jason was teaching, and I love his classes. I was actually using a prop this time, a yoga block to get some asanas easier. Especially with some revolved moves where my hand doesn't quite reach the floor and where I have some serious balance issues were helped quite a lot with the block. I think after two and bit years of practice I start to see depth in moves I thought I knew how to do before - for example in many ways I find the sun salutations harder now: trying to keep bandhas engaged, starting to do the proper jump backs, and well almost every part of the series I could improve some. The only bit I think I can do really well is down dog, and that is one of my favourite asanas. I don't mean to sound too depressive - it's just one of those things that I love about yoga, there's always something more you can achieve.

After that I did Kristen's yin class. I'm starting already to appreciate what yin can give me - I've never believed that I should stick with one style of yoga only, and doing yin just keeps verifying that. Many of the things I loved about iyengar like supported poses are used in yin too, so I believe I'm moving into the right direction.

Posted by kolibri at 9 March 23:40, 2005
Comments
# 1 - Julie Desjardins (on March 10, 2005 04:24 AM):

I find a lot of the asanas more difficult now than I used to as well.

About props, my teacher said something really great the other day: she said that you can see in a class who's a beginner and who's advanced just by looking at the props they use. An advanced yogi will never hesitate to use props because they know they're working for them, not against them. A beginner will try to make it on their own. Interesting.


# 2 - kolibri [TypeKey Profile Page] (on March 10, 2005 09:47 PM):

Well said. As I said, I used to do that as well, and the end result was lot of wobbling and no benefit from the posture. With a prop, I don't go as deep but I get something out of the asana, too.


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