the psychology of poses

[Guest guest]

maybe the fear or dread is that we are forced to

do postures we know we don't do well and we don't

want to look "bad". a lot of energy goes into that

building anxiety. at the workshop, after that first day, i

would start thinking about the extended uth plutii as

soon as we started the finishing postures. the second

class was probably dreading the extended setu

bandhasana. by the time the actual dreaded posture comes,

i've built up this demonic picture of torture in my

mind. the doing of the posture is never as bad as the

anticipation. but the next day, same mental thing. except, that

like the gradual improvement in the asanas, the dread

and anxiety gradually decrease as well.<br><br>and

just so we don't confuse anyone, i detest kurmasana

because i do it so poorly. my shoulders are 4 inches off

the ground, WITH carol miller sitting on my back. we

all have some asanas we like or that we can do well

(usually the same thing) and some we can not. you are very

good at headstand--you don't even twitch.