It occurs to me that listing the days is no longer accurate since I missed two days. I did make up one of them this Saturday by doing back-to-back classes (8 AM and 10 AM). If I am completely honest it was kind of anticlimactic for me. As I mentioned Friday, with the heat and humidity as high as it has been in the Philadelphia area, the heater at the gym has taken to cutting out as it senses it’s already too darn hot. This being the case, the yoga room was again not as hot as it usually is (maybe only 100 degrees). So, the back-to-back classes were not the struggle I thought they might be. Again the yoga gods have smiled on me (lest they think I am proud of myself.)
Today, however was another story indeed. Anita must have figured out a way to trick the heater because although it shut off a couple of times, it was hot enough to cook in there today. I sweat not just a puddle but an entire pond today. Now I’m thinking about when I will double up again because I don’t know how I would have done back-to-back classes today. I’m considering doing a 6:15 AM on Tuesday, going to work 9 to 5, then doing the 7 PM Tuesday night. On the one hand, spacing the classes out sounds good to me, on the one hand it sounds like a terribly long day. I’d like to do it and be back on track rather than wait until Saturday to do an 8 AM and 10 AM. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
I am aware of the fact that while I have fewer “breakthroughs” of measure, I notice different things in my postures every time I practice. I notice my forearms ache more, I guess because I am pulling harder in my bows and using them in toe stand where I hadn’t in the past. I notice I’m trying to bring my eyes up in both standing bow and balancing stick and this complicates the posture immeasurably for me. I also am working hard to not wrinkle my forehead as I gaze up during the back series postures (I need no help with the burrows in my aging forehead.) I find this to be as difficult a task as any. Truth be told, I’ve actually practiced in my bathroom mirror. I don’t want my forehead to be all wrinkled up, as I make a younger, healthier version of my body from the inside-out. I’m glad that this is Bikram’s “beginner’s” yoga and that all we’re doing is practicing. I feel like I fit right in that way.
