Sunday

Sunday's lesson has pretty much become 'practicing together' now. Nice to lay the mats out side by side and move through Tadasana sequence listening to each others breath. I try to shorten mine a little but can hear hers becoming stronger, more regular. On some of the twists I steal a quick look at posture and smile at how much it's improving. Did I imagine it or did she just slip into Pasasana? Second side, yep, is feeling proud yogic? Probably not. Nothing to do with my teaching skills although the VK entry does seem to help, basically she's a natural. I remember struggling with Mari D years ago, trying to grab the strap only for her to pop down and go straight into the full wrist bind. She did the same thing a couple of months ago when I was becoming frustrated at trying to jump back with straight legs, thinking it impossible.

Three minutes in Paschimattanasana and Sarvangasana rather than five, then she was off to bed (having worked all night ) leaving me to finish my practice.

I ended up doing a twenty minute headstand this morning, first ten focusing on breath and bandhas, next five with some movements/variations and the last five doing my favourite pranayama with mantra, inhaling with the first part of the mantra, holding for the middle section then exhaling to the last part and going into bandhas.

After asana I laid down in Savasana and listened to Ramaswami's chanting for ten minutes, have missed that from the course, then half an hour pranayama, twenty minutes meditation, Japa and Jana, while trying not to think about my morning grapefruit

Delightful Sunday practice. Just popped out to get the paper (seems the clocks have gone forward - nope, wrong about that ) and now time to see about putting the kettle on as I think I hear movement upstairs.