Wednesday 11 November 2009

purchase and practice


Practice was good today, although my knee has eased i can feel my hamstring again. Sheshadri asked me about my knee at the end of class today, and has encouraged me to kick back after vinyasa. I'm not too sure if that's to create heat or to release it after the stretch in uttanasana - he said to activate.....mmmmm....perhaps he meant 'kick back' and i should bring some weed and tea in a flask for inbetween postures......???


We did mainly shitillee (spelling?) feel a little lame, but after sitting in the same position doing silent pranayama for 30 minutes my back was aching. I'm not sure if it was becuase i was tense whilst i was doing it or if i was just because i'm just not used to sitting still with a straight back for so long and my muscles couldn't hack it! Obviously there was a few opinions from my peers about alignment, bad posture, practice etc....Sheshadri just said 'sit correctly and pain but then relaxing and no pain.....could be a combination of things! He said there is no need to practice pranayama for longer than 30 minutes at one time, althopugh you can do up to 2 hours a day....think i'll be sticking to the 30 mins!

Ok beddingtons, meditation is going well too, going to set up a space in the house for it when i return so that i can do it before i leave for practice at home too. So to bed! Speak soon peeps.

1 comment:

  1. Yep, I've got just the space, it's called the attic. If you like I can sellotape a neti pot onto a stick and pass it up to you? X

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