laghuvajrasana (schedule thread)

[Guest guest]

I seem to have two types of weeks in ashtanga.

There are the happy ones in which I feel energized and

relaxed and I practice 5-6 days of the week doing half

the series (up to navasana then skiping to finishing

poses after sneaking in baddha konasana and upavishta

konasana). Then there are the weeks I loving call "samskara

storms", in which the practice becomes a bit of a

mindfuck, hard as hell to get through and leaving me fairly

moody for the rest of the day. Those weeks I typically

practice 4 days and take the occasional short cut during

the practice. Most of my weeks are happy ones, but it

is only a matter of time before another storm rises.

Question: do others have these nasty periods as

well?<br><br>As for teachers, there are no schools where I

currently live so David Swenson has become my primary

teacher through his manual and video (though I have never

met the man in person).

[Guest guest]

monkeymind71, seems to me progress is often "2

steps forward, one step back." I have days or weeks

during which practice is more difficult, too: either my

mind or my body is not cooperating with my intentions.

But I'm always glad I did the practice when I'm done.

Because I'm moody in general, I can't say that doing the

practice when I feel "stormy" increases my moodiness. But

it's still important to keep up our rhythm and

discipline because we won't feel the same, or happy, or

strong, every single day anyway.<br><br>With asanas, I

sometimes get "beginners luck": the first time I do

something I'll do it just fine, but after that it seems

harder. Can anyone relate? Is it fear?<br><br>sunshine

[Guest guest]

Very true and well put!<br><br>As for "beginners luck", I've experienced that

too and it was definitely fear, at least in my case.