Wednesday 16 June 2010

Absolutly not craft related :-)



Victory! I'm so excited! I know this might sound a bit silly, but today for the first time in yoga class, I was able to roll on my toes in transition from 'up dog' to 'down dog'. It has only taken me sort of about 5 years to get to this point :-)
When we moved to the US about 5 years ago I was so furtunate, that in our rather rural area of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there were lots of yoga classes on offer. Prior to that I had only very briefly touched base with yoga, so I jumped on the chance to learn more and I have never looked back. I was totally hooked. One of my first yoga instructors impressed me in many, many ways, but her toe rolling.... well, I had never see any like it before. How on earth could she do that! How ever much I tried to get my (stiff) feet to do anything even remotely, well that just didn't happen.....untill today!
After moving back to England I joined the local yoga center,
The SelfCentre . A superb place with brilliant instructors and lots and lots of yoga classes. On avarege I attend classes three times a week and love every minute of it. Eventhough I'm not a youngster anymore, I'm as flexible as I have ever been. There are still lots that I cannot do, but thats ok, maybe eventually.... :-)

3 comments:

Silver Sisters said...

So funny! I have been practicing yoga for 7ish years and still haven't gotten the hang of toe rolling! Funny how the simplest things can be so ellusive!

SewDanish-Scandinavian Textile Art, Unique Handmade Supplies said...

Tell me about it! I guess that is one of the great things about yoga. You have the obvious challenges in the advanced postures, but personally I'm actually more excited about the smaller steps :-)
Birgitte

Mirjana Novak Cesar said...

Great accomplishment! I'm doing some yoga and pilates on daily bases, too. That's the only thing that keep my back pain away. There are times when I have more flexibility, so it feels great when I can do some poses "all the way".