This week I was thankful for a class where we could request poses. I also realized that it had been a while since I had a 'normal' yoga class. The last two classes had been meditation and pranayama. It was fun to do poses and have a bit of a physical challenge.
I asked for shoulder and upper back poses. I forgot that I do not enjoy most of those! :P My shoulders and upper back always are sore and knotted. In particular, my left shoulder hurts to the point where sometimes I feel like something is wrong with it. The poses in class left me sore, but more flexible in my upper body. I was surprised when we did bound arms pose to see how well I could do it. At the beginning of the semester I could barely grasp below my elbow. Yesterday, I was able to grasp just above my elbow on both arms. I love seeing the progress, even when I haven't been repeating that particular pose over and over. I really do feel grateful to be practicing yoga.
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