Fatigue starts to set in for me after about six hours of asana. I know this from past weekend workshops and this weekend was no different. The afternoon asana was entitled \u0093Making Friends with Forward Bends\u0094. Forward bends and I are not friends, so what better time to extend an invitation for friendship.<\/p>\n
The teacher, Faith Russell from Madison, got us moving at the hinge gently and rhythmically, which definitely helped. We just kept moving in uttanasana, supta padangustasana, and paschimottanasana. We even did a paschimottanasana, dandasana, halasana rolling sort of thing, repeating it 10 times. It\u0092s been a long time since I\u0092ve done that.<\/p>\n
She had us use our strap in a way to pull the inner thighs back that I had never done before that I found quite useful. A nice little gem to practice on my own and perhaps bring to my students.<\/p>\n
End of the day conclusion: I need to practice my twists and forward bends more often … and, yes, backbends too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fatigue starts to set in for me after about six hours of asana. I know this from past weekend workshops and this weekend was no different. The afternoon asana was entitled \u0093Making Friends with Forward Bends\u0094. Forward bends and I are not friends, so what better time to extend an invitation for friendship. The teacher, Faith Russell from Madison, got<\/p>\n