The Advance Yoga Posse did backbends tonight. Slowly, we opened the chest, backbending over the chair using it for support and feedback. It’s a lovely counter action to the rounding of shoulders, a result of always having life in front of us.
What I noticed tonight was the progress the posse has made. Backbends for adults do not come easy and just a few months ago pushing up into a backbend wasn’t easy or even possible. Tonight not only was it possible but it was possible repeatedly so.
Sometimes our human nature tends to lean towards the negative. We don’t see how things change, even incrementally, because of our nature or our inability to be aware. Tonight not only did I see progress, but those doing the backbends recognized their progress. And that awareness and ability is itself progress.
