full moon

[Guest guest]

post-full moon-early -winter stiffness<br><br>Has

anyone else felt particularly stiff in their asana

practice around this full moon or am i alone in this?

Yesterday, today...OW! I'm taking desperate measures

here.<br><br>Oh yes we shouldn't measure our poses but i do have

one particular pose which, if i can eek it out on a

stiff day like today, things are still ok.<br><br>It's

so funny...someone asked in an earlier post what

people do to progress(do they do extra stretches as

home...what?) And a deafening silence fell over this board on

that topic.<br><br>We resort to desperate measures we

cannot talk about baby. Some even fall pregnant

(relaxin).

[Guest guest]

Yes! I only got pregnant so I could finally get

my knees to the floor in badda konasana! I'm so

ashamed!<br><br>Actually, I do sit around the house in b.k. and it seems to

have helped somewhat in the hip opening department,

but that's all I'll admit to.

[Guest guest]

gawd yes - <br>Around this time i wanna resort to

the howling dog pose: turn my nose to the round moon,

put my front paws over mine eyes at the thought of my

poses and say OOOOOOOoooooooo.<br><br>Any tips for this

prevailing stiffness?<br><br>Add to this dilemma with a few

extra pounds around the waist and all i wanna do when

class-time arrives, is stay in bed with the covers over my

head.

[Guest guest]

I do baddha konasana, or "ankle-to-knee pose"

which I find more effective, whilst watching TV. Thus I

can tell myself "I'm not really watching Xena Warrior

Princess, I'm actually practicing yoga whilst

simultaneously improving my German". But that is as low as I'm

prepared to stoop. I would definitely not go as far as

getting pregnant. You are a disgrace.<br><br>I am a

disgrace too - I practiced on the full moon on Saturday,

although only because we had a workshop with a visiting

teacher. Have been in the grip of a major wave of

emotional negativity ever since, which probably serves me

right.