Whether you’re doing Hot Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga, or any other dynamic style, most of these practices involve a lot of muscular contraction, strength, and active movements. Lucas Rockwood: Most modern yoga classes tend to be very athletic. just came across below, which I totally agree with. I find Yin Yoga helps a lot because of the more gentle but persistent stretch that eventually "unlock" the tightness. Honestly, my advice is, do NOT injure your hamstrings cos it does take months (yes, months) to heal.Īnd the only way to get better is to rest and try not to pull the injured spot again. The last time I "did it" was on the left side, also after I forced myself to do the splits (worse, in a hot room!) So for months, I have been having this pain lingering (like a clingy ex-lover) that refuses to go away. I've been having this pain (but only when I practise) running down from around the right side of my sacrum to the knee - all thanks to my eagerness to do the splits - and as a result, torn my hamstrings (more than once). cit.Īnd this is a style of yoga practice that I'd like to explore more, not least because of its healing properties. but kinda thrusting that down our throat is a different thing. Well, good for him, but some of us are not as uncompromising (his own term) in our approach to our practice as he is in his.
Now can we move on? We totally get it that our instructor is a serious yogi and he himself has pushed limits to better his practice. and the discipline of keeping ourselves aligned, lot of hard work. Yoga is about having the right alignment. I cannot help but wonder whether this programme is being physically tough just for the sake of it? At times I also feel like we are being treated like a bunch of school kids when all we (most responsible, mature adults) want to do is to learn more about deepening our yoga practice and having the discipline is only one of the many aspects. Whether it's accumulated fatigue I'm not sure but I do think the course is taking its toll on me physically. The challenge ahead is definitely how I can maintain this physical and mental form until, like, next January.īut first, the day started off quite poorly cos I felt physically exhausted this morning 4.30 am). it was as if I wasn't in my own body (isn't that totally weird?) But I have to say by the end of the day I was COMPLETELY exhausted (hence I didn't blog last night). that, yesterday, I could do a lot of poses that I'd previously thought v challenging. So what happened? My guess is because the regimental routine had helped build strength as well as perhaps I had a better alignment. For me though, the high point was when I could do the eka pada galavasana (well, kinda doing it.but I can now hook my foot onto my arm!) because I couldn't do that only a week ago. anyway, we went from one pose to another (a bit of a blur now) but apparently we did at least 15 arm balancing poses. no, my head cannot touch the floor and it's quite painful to hold this pose for, like, a min, let alone five.
I prefer these poses (most of which I can perform) than, say, parsarita padottanasana (standing wide legged forward fold). Then I got on the mat and course instructor said the morning practice was to focus on arm balance poses.
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