"There's a First Time For Everything"

Wish I could say today's practice ROCKED....but I can't...It didn't...Not even close...

I woke up feeling a little queasy, tummy ache and all - but since that has been such a common trend for me as of recent I thought nothing of it..

Got to my mat and focused intensely on my breath and as much as possible on my poor bandhas...Started feeling better by the time I got to Supta Vajrasana...But that 'better' feeling didn't seem to last too long...As I was finishing Tittibhasana I felt the most intense wave of nausea envelope me...I tried to gracefully complete the posture before running off to the ladies locker room to pay my most humble respects to the porcelain gods. We won't talk about how miserable that was...I had had a little orange juice before practice so that was in my belly but nothing else, it didn't matter - I was puking for a good two minutes (SORRY for the graphics guys).

This was a new experience for me...never gotten sick in the middle of practice at the shala before!

As I collected myself in the corner of the locker room I debated if I should go grab my yoga mat and run back to the locker room, or should I try to finish my practice to the best of my ability? Something inside said, "Krista this is your LAST mysore practice in the shala til January....Suck it up woman, get out there and finish your practice!" So I did....but it was pathetic! I didn't have the strength in me needed for Pincha and Karandavasana and Mayurasana and Backbends. Without my contacts or glasses I truly see outlines of people and things, but I sensed that Sharath and Saraswati realized I wasn't feeling tip top today...When backbend time approached I again debated about doing assisted dropbacks or simply doing three lil backbends and running off before Sharath or Saraswati could get their hands on me...but I again decided I could 'man up' this time...Sharath pushed me, but not too hard today - and he seemed to understand I was not feeling well - plus I'm sure it shocked them both that I didn't spend twenty minutes on Karandavasana - I finished my practice about twenty minutes sooner than usual so I assume they knew I wasn't digging it today...