Autumn brings inspiration

One of my advanced classes teacher Jeff started yesterday's practice by announcing that summer was over. I thought that was a strange thing to say (was there some kind of equinox yesterday?) but suddenly today it's really starting to get cold. My fingers were freezing on my way to work, so it's definitely time to dig up the gloves and my lil' hat.

Since yesterday's entry I've fortunately got some inspirations. Yesterday was my thrid practice with our travelling teacher Jeff, and while I've never liked his classes too much, I suddenly got him. Or was it that I got me? In any case I'm practicing detachment and have managed to push "can't do" out of my yoga. Jeff's classes are physically very demanding, and yesterday I didn't give in to the "Oh my God I can't do this anymore" and just did all his different sun salutations (he's got more than A and B that involve lot of warriors and quite trying).

Arm balances are still not happening - but instead of thinking that they will never happen, I've started thinking that I'll do them day at a time and if they happen they happen. There was a time I thought I'd never be able to jump-backs and -troughs - and now I'm doing them every time and couple of last classes Jason has really praised them (which feels fantastic). Yesterday even Jeff told me after class that he thought I've been getting stronger. So I guess there's progress happening... even if slowly.

So I've stopped saying to myself that I won't be able to... in the end it doesn't matter anyway. Yoga is not just about the asana.

Anyway, the inspiration. When doing yoga and getting these glimpses of insights into yoga and myself, I feel I'm doing something, and even if I try to avoid clichee's I have to say I feel I'm more alive than with anything else at this time.

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