6 Days till India....

Today the visa arrived so I am definitely going. I have been running around trying to arrange my life so I can be away until July 1. I also know I am going because the strange dreams are beginning... which tends to happen when I am about to have an influential experience.

My practice has been in a little bit of a holding pattern. The studio where I have been taking Mysore classes for the last two years has introduced me to several excellent teachers. Amusingly, M had me going up to eka pada in second. Then I took two months off during my divorce and when I came back primary was all I could handle. Then D (an authorized Jois teacher) came for a few weeks and moved me on to kopotasana. Then when he was gone M had me stopping after supta kurmasana and moving directly to pashasana and stopping at eka pada again. Then T came to teach the mysore for a month (also authorized) and wanted to know why I was doing that. I told him because I could only get into supta kurmasana bound with both feet behind my head if I had help so M had me going up to that and then moving on... So he said that I should do primary until I did not have a problem with supta kurmasana. Then he helped me into supta kurmasana and said it was fine and he did not know what the problem was. Then he went off to teach for a few weeks in another country (I got out of supta kurmasana before he did that). Anyay, so, what my practice is and where I am - is a little of a mystery to me. Thankfully, I am going to AYRI where I will do the primary series and probably not have anyone notice my practice! When I come back I will be at a new studio with yet another authorized teacher (G) for Mysore. I think my issue is that I am imbalanced towards flexibility so that I can bind in things but upper body strength is still a big challenge... another blogging Ashtangi has suggested I do handstands for 1.5 minutes and 5 minute headstands. This is helping...