My yoga studio offers a limited schedule during holidays because attendance tends to be low. Today Sylvia taught an all levels noon class, which was the only class offered today. I often see Sylvia as a fellow student at my regular classes, but I haven’t taken a class from her since summer. I really should take more from her regularly. When I study with her, I always learn some minor little tip that gets me a bit further in my practice. Heck, even when she is a student in my classes I have observed her adjustments and learn from her that way. She’s great!

Class was small today with several student levels attending. We had a full practice. Sylvia often holds poses a little longer than my regular class instructor, but that’s good for me. It builds strength and flexibility and shows me more of what I’m capable of.

 We worked on twisting triangle in ways I hadn’t in the past. It was good. I surprised myself in how well I held the pose and how strong an inner body rotation I was able to achieve.

We did headstand, which you all know is one of the poses we all know I’m “on the verge” with. I did use the wall a bit & she gave me a block to work on my core tightening for my first attempt. It was a good adjustment that will help me a lot going forward. After the first pose, I did manage to lift up sans wall, and hold the full pose for several breaths.

On Saturday night, we had a holiday party, and I wore new high heel boots. They fit great and didn’t hurt…until I’d been standing around in them on hard wood and linoleum floors for about 7 hours. At that point I wanted to hack my feet off and enjoy the pain of walking on bloody stumps. Sunday (yesterday) my feet continued to hurt like crazy. Fashion is not about comfort, but I still wonder sometimes if dressing to look good is really worth it. I took a hot bath to soak my feet and massaged out the pain. Today they feel just fine. However, I did notice that my toes and thighs were a little out of sorts at yoga today. Not painful but still not 100%. After class, they feel great! Now, do I wear those boots again tonight or go for comfort instead. Hmmm…

Workout:

  • Type: Flexibility
  • Date: 12/24/2007
  • Time: 12:00:00
  • Total Time: 1:30:00.00