Chaturangas

The remnants of hurricane Rita are washing here and it's raining heavily. I dug up my waterproof shoes this morning, but it is a bit depressing waking up when it's dark and wet outside.

Yoga was good today. I did the primary series with Kelly, and since so few people showed up she had time to concentrate on individual needs. Kelly is exceptional teacher, and she's almost the only one who can actually see my yoga beyond my disability. Most other teacher don't want to give me instructions when it comes to my wrists, most of them assume that I know best what to do. Kelly teaches me like anyone else, but with my weakness in mind - today she talked to me again about Chaturangas. Because I'm shy with my wrist, I tend to do them fast, too fast, which can easily lead to almost slumping down. Kelly told me to slow down, and she has a good point.

I wrote about this last time, about taking the "can't do" out of my yoga. While I keep this in mind, I also need to be very careful not to make my condition worse - at the same time strenght in my arms and wrists will be a good thing, and will protect my joints better. It's sometimes difficult to keep the balance between two - lately the wrist had been hurting a bit more than usual, so I've been easing off altoghter on the more demanding poses and it's immediately helping.

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