Day 36 & Day 37

Day 36 (Sept 13, 2012)

No practice today due to inconvenient committments.


Day 37 (Sept 14, 2012)

Two practices today. The first, mid-morning, was just about as bad as bad could be. Fear ran amok and dominated my actions. Convinced I had tried "hard enough", I moved into Corpse Pose before I had finished. I lay there, feeling anything but restful, annoyed and angry with myself for letting fear win. Peace of mind only came when I promised myself I would do a second practice mid-afternoon.

Second practice was much better. The only good thing about the first practice was that I had held the new, harder plank position for the required 5 counts. (I'm working to lowering myself down, and to prepare, I had to bend my elbows 2" and squeeze them in and hold myself there for 5 breaths.)  My arms were still mushy from the earlier workout, so this afternoon I held the new position for just one breath, which is the standard.

Then I moved into the toe holding and the palms-under-feet poses. This morning I was afraid my hamstrings would roll up like window blinds and wimped out. This afternoon, I worked through the fear.

With hindsight, I understand why I was afraid. These positions pull oddly on my body. Excuse my indelicateness, but bent over in the palms-under-feet pose, I feel a decided tug on my anus and v-gee-gee. It weirded me out. Once emotionally off-balance, fear swooped in to take over. This afternoon, I was prepared for the sensation, and just breathed through them. I am pleased to report all the internal parts of my body are still inside where they're supposed to be.