Yoga: Practice #90 (11/1/12) Invited!
I haven't done a class with Dice in months. I haven't felt like he was what my body needed since my not-so-recent move to Pittsburgh. He's fast paced, intense and challenging as all hell. The reason why I've felt like he was the complete opposite of what I've required is because fast paced, intense and challenging is the epitome of my daily life. Having the yin/yang balance is necessary and recognizing where you should give and take to find inner peace. I did do a yin class with him a couple months back, but not a 60-minute-sweat-your-brains-out-ouch-my-body-hurts-the-next-day class. The time arrived on Thursday, 11/1/12, the first day of November when I decided that Dice would be invited back into my life. In a level 2-3 60 minute class we, as a yoga class, had Block Party, and as long as you have 2 foam blocks in your possession, you are invited along too! I luckily have 2 miss-matched Gaiam blocks-one blue and one green, and utilized them in almost every asana.
It's a block party! This class utilizes 1 or 2 blocks throughout the flow. The blocks help us to engage our arms, our bellies and even help some into a one-armed handstand...handstands optional of course. Enjoy my fellow yogis!
I have found one armed handstands to be really difficult for me. I don't play around with them much but figuring out how to reestablish your balance is not easy.
Just like life you need to always reassess situations and find your balance when you lose the comfortable support you normally have (in this instance it's two arms). Just more lessons to take off your mat...they're never ending really.