Interfon Interference

Breathing tools

Two weeks of phlegm  & fever.
Two weeks  of rest and no practice. no blog.   Managed to get to an 11:30 am Saturday class. Not crowded, not amplified, lots of newbies on a sunny day.  Oddly dizzy class. Something set off my immune system and would not be stopped. Not breathing fully, only one nostril functioning.  I made it through the class with  minor  rest/breaks - my best effort today. A dear friend is taking off tomorrow for Bikram Teacher Training. A big adventure~!
 
Class was great.  I noticed today that I want to recognize people and I will think unknown people are known to me because they look like or remind me of someone I know.  Must be in our DNA to yearn to connect with others, or as the young people say -  be part of a social network.



Rhino virus as pretty as a panda

Bikram Yoga Tip of the Day: Half Moon Pose with Hands to Feet Pose- Ardha Chandrasana with Pada-Hatasana.  This is like riding on spring toy, you take your spine left and right then forwards and backwards with no break in between. See your throat when you look in the mirror. When you bring your arms up also open up your chest by keeping your tight arms by or behind your ears. LIFT LIFT LIFT, your whole body up - creating space between every vertebrae. Keep your whole body taut, facing front. You may feel like you are wobbling on a playground spring toy. Focus on keeping your body in one plane by  facing the mirror.  Take the stretch as far your breath will allow you. Breathe again and let your breath take your a centimeter farther. Every movement is a choice.  Let your body follow your breath.  Stretch your breath to stretch your body.

Changes in State

Day 84 l 16 to go

Thursday 9:30 am

Organized changes in state are a good thing.

Disorganized changes in state are revolutionary and violent, or explosive, whether it is blowing out a candle or detonating a nuclear bomb. Or setting off fireworks.

Out and about last night. Someone from yoga class spotted me at an event. "Do you do bikram?" "Who told you?" My secret is out. Better buy a wig. Today in class very, very tired. is it Day 84 or the event the night before?

Yoga pose tip of the day: Half Moon Pose Ardha Chandrasana with Pada Hastasana - Take time to really flex your hip joints in the warm up.The closer your elbows are to your ears the tighter the full body stretch you will feel down your side

Islets of Langerhans

Day 61. Day Killer 9:30 am Class.

First meeting was at 7:20 am.

Coffee and aggravation in a bad outfit pre-class. A daily 6am class is the preferred way to start the day. Not today.

Not sure if I can tell my kidneys from my pancreas.

There is a place *(K?/P?) where your place hands on your lower back now talking to me. Just not sure what is being said.

Is it the Islets of Langerhans declaring, " We will turn on the hormones of your youth, you have such a fabulous half moon back bend, it's the least we can do." Not the pancreas snarling, "Stop all this bending and sweating and get a life."

Yoga pose tip of the day: Half moon pose, the back bend. Dan from Locust Valley Bikram told us we all seemed to be clenching acorns with our butts in the back bend. Drop the acorn. Bending, like the nation should be kinder, gentler. Pull your scapula away from your spine.