Warrior 2 Position

Yoga Core Day 4

Asa and I went into this Yoga lesson absolutely exhausted from the weekend, we had a wedding on the Saturday and we were busy all of Sunday so yoga was good chance to get the mind and body back on track. gladly in this weeks lesson I really noticed an improvement in my Yoga ability! my breathing was a big improvement from previous weeks and I also had more ability to transition between different positions (finally I'm getting better) With the breathing though, it made so much of a difference when I got my breathing right, inhaling while moving into a position then exhaling while transitioning out of one kept the blood circulation pumping around the body and allowed me to hold the positions for a longer period of time.

This lesson was all about the art of balance, and it was interesting because I don't think I have had to do any type of  balancing for long periods of time since primary school but after being introduced to the basics in earlier weeks I was interested to see how I would go. With all the balancing positions the key I found to not stacking it was to get your body alignment right (Sandy was continuously correcting me) and focus looking at a particular spot on the wall and concentrate on the action. It was also interesting to see how different people in the class reacted when trying to balance on one leg (Tree pose), Sandy the instructor was definitely entertained with everybody crashing to the ground, and hearing a massive thud as someone loses their balance while you are trying to focus on hold your balance is hugely distracting ;)

Hardest position so far:

Nan making it look easy...

Aaaaaaah the Crow! wow after doing somewhat okay on the earlier balancing exercise Sandy chucked in this position for shits and giggles, and clearly it was beyond our skill level, but hey she said if mastered correctly it would help with mental focus, upper body strength and tightening of the abdominal organs? Sandy said the idea is to be in the position before trying attempting to roll on to your hands, Anyway I tried to do this 3 times, the first 2 attempts I kissed the mat pretty hard but I managed to hold the position on the 3rd attempt for about 5 seconds before gracefully crashing to the mat :) I Crashed because I was over compensating with my shoulders and arms trying to hold my weight instead of aligning myself correctly and letting the position take the weight for me :(