I had a NAUGHTY practice this morning :) YUMMY.... Such a nice change from yesterdays practice, which was, by comparison, HORRIBLE! You see yesterday I was tight, tight, tight...and my tummy was feeling icky, and my body felt heavy, and I just didn't enjoy one second on my mat. It was one of those days where you literally cannot wait til practice is over. Luckily that kind of practice happens very rarely, but they do occur - I think they happen every now and then so you can REALLY appreciate all the other days - they make regular days seem great, and great days seem AMAZING! And I always know that before the sunshine (ie today) comes the storm (ie yesterday)...Oh yeah baby...
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray, you'll never know dear how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away" ;) - sorry that was totally in my head just now - had to let the flow of my fingers do the talking.
Here's the scoop on todays naughty practice...I have to first confess that I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I woke up late again today - this is my third time in the two months in Mysore ;( I suck! And it makes things worse that it happened twice just two weeks back - for goodness sake I could at least spread my tardiness out a bit more right...I can't blame my alarm clock this morning - it was totally a Krista problem. I remember it going off and thinking, "I'm getting up I'm getting up..." And then I opened my eyes and looked down at my phone to find out it was 4:33am....FUCK! (sorry but that is exactly what I thought, and said) I threw off my covers and did my usual "I'm late" run around dance, which I believe would be FUNNY if caught on video tape ;) I almost forgot to brush my teeth and wash my face I was in such a mad rush - but I didn't forget my pants ;)
I arrived at the shala at ten past five shala time (so 4:55am real time - which I must say ROCK ON KRISTA for getting up and ready and to the shala in 20 minutes - that is INCREDIBLE!!!! - why thank you :) Anyway....so I put my mat down one spot in front of MY usual spot (yes I have a spot this year but I'm not attached to it - as far as I can tell :) I dropped my things off in the locker room, got on my mat and away I went into Surya Namaskar A land...my the third sun Saluation Sharath came on stage to say our opening mantra - and I knew then that I was gonna have a rockin practice today :)
Everything is a mushy blur of breath and sweat...up until Supta Vajrasana...that's when Sharath came to help me with my Asana...so he sits down on my legs and grabs my hands, looks at me and says, "You were late today!" Well of course I was, and I did deserve being called out on it - I was only surprised and grateful he didn't do it really loud and from half way across the room (he's done that to me in years past man). So I looked up at him and sheepishly whispered, "Yes I was, I'm sorry!" I wasn't about to give him some lame excuse - I slept in man, it happens....Sharath smiled at me and said with a laugh as he started to assist me in the posture, "fine for you!" When he finished helping me in Supta Vajrasana I thanked him and he smiled at me as he got up - I could tell he was in a playful mood today. Thank GOD - if he were in a bad mood I'd of been ground up dog food for having the nerve to walk into the shala late for practice ;) oh happy day!
My phenomenal practice continued straight til the end...I felt like a bendy little baby squirming in and out of asanas - and when it came to Karandavasana, I not only had flexibility, but mad strength - that's right ;-) I attempted the posture my usual ten minutes or so, but the difference today is that I not only got into lotus and rested on my triceps each and every single time, but I also had the energy to really WORK on pushing up each time too. And no I didn't lift up by myself today - that would have been crazy...but I did good work. At one point I heard Sharath call from across the room, "lift up, lift up!" I came down and looked over at him - he was grinning ear to ear, I started laughing...He said again, "lift up!" I said "OK" - and tried, tried again. It's like he thinks I really can just lift up you know - amazing that he has such faith in me...I will one day but that ONE DAY is far far from this day.
I did some good work with Mayurasana too, and then on to backbends where Sharath showed no mercy. He wiped my hands to my knees, and then pulled them up to my quadriceps...And in the next breath, as soon as I straighted my legs, he let go of me and started talking to another student...Now I wasn't worried that I would fall or anything, but I was like, "Sharath, what a way to leave a girl hanging ;)"
I really hope that each and every single one of you has a rockin practice as 'naughty' as mine the next time you get on your mat!
Peace OUT!
