Multi-level Flow Class w/Diane
Amazing. The harder the class, the more I dig it. I left as a puddle of sweat. Yeah, gross but whatever. We focused on the side body, opening the intercostal muscles and stretching the obliques. I moved my mat to the center of the room. All right, I admit: it was really only because a fellow yogi took the mirror side. I like the mirror so I can see what I'm doing wrong and fix it or attempt to fix it, but no go. So, I moved directly in front of Diane. Change is good. I stopped obsessing so much about how the posture "looks" and more on how it feels. And that proved to me that I don't quite know yet how a pose is "supposed" to feel and I need to work on that.
The funniest moment in the class came when Diane was trying to help me fix Warrior 2: hips level, knee bent, arms extended. So she leveled the hips. The knee popped forward. She moved the knee back. The hips went out of balance. "Well, that's something you're going to have to work on," she said. And I thought to myself, 'should I be laughing in the middle of class?' Left hip is crooked. Left knee is crooked. They should cooperate with each other, but don't. So, I must teach them to get along.
When given an option between Chaturanga and Knees-Chest-Chin in a flow, I never choose
Chaturanga. I think that my arms and shoulders are not strong enough to support my upper
body weight. And while I'm busy trying to survive this Monday night flow, Diane stops by and
suggests that I lower between knees and chest and chin at a much slower pace to increase my
strength to someday be able to do Chaturanga. NOVEL. I wasn't even thinking forward. So
focused on survival that I forgot to live. So, I followed her advice and it was hard. But it's
something I can do to improve. Sometimes, I think by just continuing to come I'm going to
magically get better at the things that are difficult. But that isn't enough. I need to take all of
those suggestions and put them into practice. I can't go through the motions physically. I'm
not going through the motions mentally and emotionally.
So, I need to kick it up a notch.
And I can't express how grateful I am for every correction, every tip, every gift of experience.
Beyond words.
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