Kai asked me if I was building up my headstands, it seems perhaps I am. I usually do ten minutes in the mornings but Sunday I tried twenty, Tuesday was thirty and this morning I stayed up for forty-five. I guess I'll have to try an hour just to see........ not sure what exactly. Forty-five was curious, feet went to sleep after about fifteen but were fine after some Vinyasa Krama headstand asana. Pranayama was nice but some time after thirty my nose started getting a little blocked and I moved on to Japa mantra, thought for a moment about staying up for the full hour but I was getting too distracted after forty minutes so decided to come down. Did my shoulderstand and finishing, felt fine but now I feel quite spacey, incredibly relaxed, be nice to go back to bed.
One reason for the long headstand this morning is I'm a little out of action. I went to London Tuesday for the Gauguin exhibition and ended up slipping on the wet platform and slamming my shin into the side of the train, may BR be happy, well, peaceful and..........safe.
I could probably do my Ashtanga practice but don't want to get too sweaty, give it a chance to dry out and heal up, besides the thought of binding makes me wince.
The Gauguin exhibition was marvelous of course although one of my favourites, Daydream (pictured) wasn't in the show. Quite wonderful to be able to get up so close to the paintings as only a few of them were behind glass. Surprising how little paint he used.
Other news, I've decided to explore macrobiotics for a couple of months. Not sure why really, think I'm just so uninterested in food these days need something a little extreme or at least 'other' to get me interested again. I bought a book, Mayumi's Kitchen and started her Ten Day detox yesterday. the picture at the top of the page was yesterday's breakfast. I'm currently munching toasted pumpkin seeds. Hmmmm, not sure about it so far, all the grains are making me feel a little heavy, we'll see.
Finally, another highlight of the London trip was a a visit to the Hive Honey shop in Clapham, they have a beehive in the shop that you can see into, think I remember going there as a child. could have stood there watching them for hours. You can taste the different honey as well as some traditionally made Mead.
Here's Eddie Izzard on keeping bees
UPDATE
Great, I start to explore Marobiotics but end up getting an abscess under a tooth, so no chewing for me for awhile. I guess that puts the whole experiment on hold, I mean I can't chew once let alone fifty to a hundred times. God knows when I'll get too see the Dentist too so i may end up sawing my head of with a wooden spatula just in time for Halloween.
PS. I hate Halloween! Since when did it become a big deal in the UK....OK, clearly Irritable, where did I put that spatula?
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Eek! That's an ugly series of wounds. I hope you heal quickly!
Nancy G counsels her older students to do long headstands to counteract the effects of aging (this, according to someone I know on Twitter).
I'm absolutely fascinated by your exploration of Macrobiotics! I'm already a vegan, so I wouldn't miss the cheese or dairy. I had a meal at a Macrobiotic Cafe over the weekend and I felt great afterward, very light. And the food was yummy.
Hi Grimmly
I have started my own Ashtanga Yoga blog at the following site :
http://myashtangajournal.blogspot.com/
I derived inspiration from you and other Ashtangis in starting my own blog related to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga .
You could eat fish as a macro, Kai!
45m wow. I like 5m. I can do 10 but I don't feel it's necessary. Was never interested in adding on from there. I'm into minimal these days...
That fall must've HURT. I bet you will heal very fast though.
Oh thank you, I needed that dose of Eddie. No one makes me laugh harder. 45 minute headstand is ... wow! I was macrobiotic for a long time in my 20s — I lived in Boston and the whole Kushi clan was there. I'm curious to see how it works with the yoga. My big issue was with the amount of salt and grain... but that can be moderated. I hope you heal up in a jiffy! (I'm covered in bees!)
It actually looks worse than it is, doesn't really hurt just irritating waiting for it to heal up. Will give it a rest tonight and then practice around it tomorrow. Always interesting to see what you can do and what you can't as well as which variations are available..
Not sure about the macrobiotic thing yet Kai but perhaps I'm just adjusting, see how it goes. Chickpea and millet burgers tonighta and a bowl of soft cooked Amaranth for breakfast tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy your blogging Krishna will check it out.
Think 45 is too long Boodie, I'll do an hour just as an experiment but I think twenty to thirty minutes is plenty. i think I'll try and string a couple of weeks of twenty minute headstands together and see how it feels. have felt remarkably mellow all day today despite spending two hours trying tho get a stuck screw out of an old Soprano sax.
Boodie is another Izzard fan Loo. Yes, lots of grains although i'm finding it interesting exploring them. Spelt is a keeper oh and so is malted Sourdough toast. Not sure about all the greens though. Kale, hmmmmm.
ugh, tooth pain sucks! now you need protein smoothies. (strongly dislike Halloween myself, except it WAS fun when I was little and the world a safer place)
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