Yinyangmother
Today I did the “Spinal Health” and “Overall Flow” sections of my “Yoga for Old Broads” DVDs. (Actually, the set is called, “Gentle Yoga” and is absolutely what I needed. I’m delighted I found it.
I have discovered an area where I’m really, really stiff and inflexible that I didn’t even know about! When I lie on my back and she tells me to put my hands on the floor above my head – I can’t. OOPS! I can put my arms over my head and let them HANG in the air, but there might be 3 or 4 inches or more between my arms and the floor!
The great teacher has stressed that you should do what you can do, so I’m just letting my arms hang there and breathing into the stretch. The funny thing is that the pose is for your core, stressing abdomen and pelvis, but the thing giving me trouble is the arms.
Another thing on which I’m working is to sit, while kneeling, on your feet. I REALLY feel that on the top of each thigh and my feet tend to cramp. I spend the whole time while she’s telling me how good I’m feeling trying to actually SIT in that position. Today I did a little bit better than I did yesterday.
I do feel that my body is ‘giving’ a bit more when I get into a pose. I guess the breathing into whatever stretch you’re doing allows your body to regroup and ease a bit.
It may take me the rest of my life to actually get flexible, but I’m gaining character, at least, by doing what I can, every day.
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