The first half of practice was great, I went deeper in Ardha-Chandrasana with Pada-Sasthasana/Half-moon with hands to feet pose and almost touched my forehead to the ground in Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthasana/standing seperate leg with stretching! It was around triangle that I started to struggle, feeling weak in my legs and I kept yawning (lack of oxygen?). The last half of class was just terrible, I had this insane tinglely feeling in my achilles tendon (more of a numbness) and my calves felt like they were the tighest rubberbands ever (still kind of do). I couldn't sit still in a Savasana cause my legs were so twitchy and they hurt. It completely disrupted my focus, and I started to fear I couldn't finish. I pushed through some of my favorite poses (Supta Vajrasana/Fixed Firm Pose and Ustrasana/Camel Pose) knowing that these were super beneficial to my back (which is actually beginning to feel a little bit better - patience patience patience), but I couldn't will myself into others electing rather to lay in savansana and try to forget that my legs were internally screaming at me to quit. In the end I finished class, of course, that is the goal afterall but rushed out and lamented on a bench outside class how difficult that was for me personally. A fellow classmate said, "Well, good for you, it means you are reaching new places", which I suppose is true, but still so difficult. I spoke with Marcie a bit afterwards about my awkward achilles tendon feeling, and she suggested I drink more water. Seems like a bucket answer to me, but I agree I could have taken in more water on such a stressful day.
Why is Day 18 so much harder than Day 5?!!? Is day 45 going to be this difficult? Day 60?
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