Day #4Prior to teacher class, I attended Rich Logan's "Mindful Vinyasa" class, which means you never know what you're gonna get and it will always awaken a pose that you "thought" you had mastered.
What I like about Yoga is that there can be no definitive touchdown
(I really hate sports analogies but they work), no final "I got it". Everyday the body is different....the mood our emotions, what happened during the day. All of it comes into play and can inform our practice.
Amy, the teacher said to me during an adjsutment., "Don't fight me". It was funny...and a couple of students including myself laughed out loud (as opposed to laughing on the inside). I was not letting go into the Pasarita Padottanasa My hands were clasped and leveraged overhead, coming towards the floor. She was turning my fingers the opposite way in order to demonstrate a subtle adjustment that deepens the pose. I did stop fighting and, sure enough, my hands flipped and my arms folded towards the floor much father than my mind told me they could.
Lesson learned???
It's helpful to turn the mind OFF during practice and most of the time for that matter.
In fact the only time you need to turn the mind on is if you are:
- Flying a jet
- Performing surgery
- Flossing (wait....no the mind gets in the way here too)
- Filing taxes
Things like that...
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