Saturday, January 29, 2011

Warm heart, cold nose

Cutest thing ever: When Princess Fur sits on the floor near the window seat and begs to come up for cuddles. My heart MELTS. Also: there are few things more blissful than cuddling a warm, furry dog in my arms while sipping tea and gazing out the window at fluffy little snow flakes drifting around. The Princess is still up here, her head nestled against the instep of my left foot as I blog.

*happysigh*

I'm well-prepared to soak up every blissful moment of this weekend. Yesterday, I woke at the usual time, but instead of doing yoga (I went to the evening Bikram class instead), I did the grocery shopping, cleaning, some extra laundry, prepped meals for the coming week and ran errands. With all of these tasks complete, I was able to sit around and read a book in the afternoon. And It feels good to move into the weekend with these mundane little tasks complete!

And thank goodness I cleared the time, becauseI have big plans for this afternoon: Tax preparation. *sigh* On the bright side, once it's done, it's DONE and I can pass if off to my accountant. I'm hoping to get through it today.

I have an excellent incentive. I can return to this book:


It's wonderful! I'm dying to see the film now...

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A brief practice report, such as it is...

I heated the apartment this morning in preparation for my full Astanga practice then realised that my LH had arrived. Boo! So I did the Suryas, fundamental standing poses, my Intermediate poses, three Urdhva Dhanurasana and Padmasana. Then I put my legs up a wall and chilled. It was the perfect compromise!

My shoulder is feeling pretty good. Actually, *both* my shoulders are a bit sore right now, but that's to be expected (Hello, Chaturanga...it's been awhile, hasn't it?).

There are a few postures that trigger the pain of the injury, mainly anything that introduces an intense inward rotation of the right arm while reaching my arm around my back (Prasarita Padottanasana C, most binds). Bhekasana is still not fun, but Dhanurasana is fine until I move into Parva Dhanurasana, which is VERY painful. I don't generally do it unless I've laid a blanket to the side as my 'shoulder landing zone'.

The next few days will be light on yoga and heavy on rest, but I'll keep in touch...

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6 comments:

Loo said...

oh that's a wonderful book AND a great movie... and I love the warm furry dog cuddles too :)

Enjoy your weekend and your LH!

sereneflavor.com said...

Julian Schnabel did a beautiful job putting that book into film. I never say that about film adaptations. I think you will enjoy..

Boodiba said...

Glad you are back!!! I know injuries are so annoying. I feel like I'm dating my knee, so much time & attention does it occupy. Greg says, "This kind of thing happens all the time. Keep up what you're doing but don't think about it too much."

You know me though.... I obsess.

Kaivalya said...

@Boodi
That's good advice from Greg, although I'd replace the verb 'think' with 'worry'. I find that my injury requires my attention. If I'm mindful about it, I'll develop the physical mechanics to avoid a similar injury in the future.

Poor Boodi-knee! We Ashtangis are all falling apart, aren't we?

Kaivalya said...

@ Loo and Serene
Okay, that does it! Need to see the film. I'm getting right on that...

Boodiba said...

Eh ya... It's tempting to worry, but then I think of the old days, when I was way more injured all the time. I didn't pamper the knee last couple days... I get thru the advanced & slack off! Tomorrow though, I'll zap it both before & after practice!!! :)