Yesterday's nap, two Epsom salt soak baths, a glass of red wine, a 9:30pm bedtime, and I was ready to go this morning without any aches or pains. Yay!
Today's Mysore class was great. I started dripping sweat from strap-around-the-heel leg lifts onwards (in other words, right from the start). I worked so hard pressing up my heel and tightening the thigh muscles, my legs throbbed. It felt like my muscles were super-glued in place and only with supreme effort could I increase their range of motion.
A new addition to my practice: lunges. Thighs, thighs, thighs! Ow, ow, ow!
Once again, the studio was filled with women. Lithe, athletic women. Skinny, unlumpy women. I thought ashtanga typically had more male practitioners than female, but apparently not at this shala.
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