Day 19...Class 19

7:15am...Summer

I figured it out...I think you're supposed to pretend you're Chuck Norris while you're practicing!
"Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his Dad did."
"Chuck Norris doesn't read books, he stares them down until he gets the information he needs."
"Some people wear Superman pajamas..Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas."
And one of my personal favorites..
"When Chuck Norris does push-ups, he doesn't push himself up..He pushes the Earth down!"

Today was so much better than yesterday! I feel like I'm on an upswing again! This whole process is a roller coaster. Or maybe a box of chocolates..(Which that saying doesn't even make sense anymore because they always have a chocolate diagram inside:)..
My legs got straighter in Hands to Feet pose today. That's always been a hard one for me. The stretching pose is getting on my nerves.. For the life of me, I can't bring my body down. I can lock my knees and pull on my toes, but my achilles tendon is really tight, so I don't get very far. I'll pretend I'm Chuck Norris in that posture tomorrow and see what happens;) I'm very happy that in class the other day Misha said "Don't look at your stomach while in Rabbit, look at your knees!" Aaaahhhh, friggin break through! I was always rolling way too far onto the back of my head and wasn't able to feel like I was ever advancing in that posture. Well, now I know a trick to do it the correct way and I can definitely feel my spine stretching more instead of anything going on with my head! NICE...

We have a great Yoga Community. I have met SO many awesome people practicing Yoga.. People I practice with, people I don't practice with, people that i keep in contact with on Facebook and this blog who go at different times than me or even to different studios! I love it... Like Big G said, it is so nice to go into that hot room and connect with so many people of all different walks of life and be on common ground for 90min.. Working together, breathing together, laughing together, living together. I really do think Yogi's possess a certain positive, amazing quality and I love having more of that in my life!

"Yoga heals, nourishes, and challenges us. The practice infiltrates every corner of our lives."
~Valerie Jeremijenko

Postures I was complimented on:

Toe Stand

Corrections:

Half Moon(Left side, Left shoulder forward more)