Hip Therapy

Ask and you shall receive, even if you’re not sure it’s what you want. Doesn’t that translate to Be Careful What You Wish For Because You Might Get It? That’s what happened at Now & Zen Yoga last night. In the morning I was whining about losing my hip flexibility so what did we work on in class? Yup, hips! I could be complaining to be facing my humility for the second time in a day, but that’s like going to a therapy session and talking about the weather. No bang for the buck. Know what I mean? No, this therapy session was all about facing what humbled me most. Facing it dead on. I am appreciative of the “bowl story”. It helped me visualized where I want to be and to respect what isn’t. Once again I am grateful for time in face to face class.

This morning’s “Lee Session” was about back bending. I had to smirk when I read, “Our daily activities such as driving or working at a computer invite us to round our shoulders….slouch in our seats.” (Om Yoga p.81) Okay, didn’t I just hear that in class last night? There’s that bang for buck again.
I had a hard time with this series. It might have been that I woke at 5am and couldn’t get back to bed. When I finally did, I had dreams of my father. They rattle me and always will. By the time the alarm went off proper I was exhausted and unmotivated. Even this Lee-described “cultivate joy” sequence couldn’t get me out of the funk. However, having said all that I did discover two, no three postures I would like to concentrate on: shoulder stretch (I think I’ve seen it described as “cow face”?), pigeon and pigeon with thigh (king pigeon?). Pigeon was just plain disastrous. My straight leg felt…well, mangled, for lack of a better word. I didn’t stay in the pose for very long because I felt it was all wrong-wrong-wrong, even though I am noticeably more fluid to the left. So, today’s yoga was a C-. Maybe I’ll come home tonight and practice some of the trickier things I learned at Now & Zen.