Out of my comfort zone

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Tomorrow is an online led class with Sharath Jois. Yesterday I enrolled for this fun. Yet I realize that I must have had a courageous moment when I enrolled. I feel out of my comfort zone. My primary at home developed. It adjusted to my needs and what I thought was possible. I do variations of asanas. I leave out vinyasa. I do extra exercises before challenging asanas like supta kurmasana.

Today is Friday. All the yogini practice primary. I wanted to simulate tomorrow’s class. I wanted to practice as close as possible to the first Ashtanga Yoga series.

Alone the imagination of practicing in a group gave me double as much strength as usual. I could fake all the vinyasa. This is so much more than leaving them out after janu sirsasana A, when I start feeling weak. Tomorrow I don’t want to give the impression that I’m a couch potato. Hahaha. A group consisting of committed yogini give a lot of energy. Every single person gives and receives energy that helps to flow through the class. This fact always amazed me. This is one reason, why I miss going to a yoga class.

Within ninety minutes I was through primary. The asanas are not so much an issue, except two asanas: supta kurmasana and setu bandhasana. In most asana I can even sleep. I’m able to do supta kurmasana, but with a lot of preparation exercises before doing it. I promise myself that I won’t do this asana tomorrow. It’s too dangerous to move quickly into this crazy pose. I have a substitute asana for supta kurmasana and for setu bandhasana.

The technique will be a challenge, too. I already missed a conference on zoom, because I couldn’t dial in. I’ll be up on time tomorrow to check everything. Fingers crossed that I succeed.

With excitement I’m looking forward to a led class with Sharath tomorrow at 8 am German time.

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Also today I woke up a bit later than planned. For me it’s important that I practice before breakfast. I have the time flexibility these days. I usually start my practice with hanging forward when standing in front of the mat. This is easy, this is relaxing. This pose prepares me perfectly for the exhausting practice to come. I love this pose. It stretches the back of the legs already. The message of the pose is: It will be great.