I keep questioning where my resistance for practicing yoga is coming from? Am I just uninspired?I keep having this issue where I feel like after having a consistent practice at a level that I consider to be safe I end up hurting myself. So then I stop practicing to heal but get out of the practice and it is pretty much the only exercise I do. I questions my health and if I am so weak I will have to practice a gentle type practice for the rest of my years?
What has helped in the past was blogging or reflecting about my practice through writing. Today I began again another series of practice. Since I’m not feeling creative and I’m also tired and exhausted from the heat, I made it easy and practiced the David Swenson Ashtanga manual book.
I completed the Surya Namaskara A, Surya Namaskara B and then the first page of the standing series. I felt some pain in my right hip and was beginning to sweat. It felt great and usually I feel a burst of energy (or high) after warming up through Vinyasa. Not today. Tomorrow I plan to add an additional page to my practice, working my way up to the end of the series. Modifying my practice along the way as needed. My ribs have been popping out and stabbing I think muscles so I’ll have a day of pain where I feel stiff and uncomfortable. I’m hoping it isn’t because of yoga but just in case, I am taking it easy.
Taking it easy means, going back to the basics. Working on harnessing jumping back and forward sometimes. Checking my pelvis to make sure it is neutral in my warriors as I tend to tilt forward. Only if I had started yoga at birth!G
Tonight will be spent relaxing and reading until I doze off to sleep.
Au Revoir. Happy Labor Day.
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