So this is the other side of the coin, I'm not all about work... not anymore that is.
I'm not one for group session, gyms with posers and other riff raff... I just don't enjoy the group thing so when I found Heather I was quietly hoping in my heart that I would get on with her.
Heather is just like her name, soft, whispy like the flowers yet solid like their buds, strong and resilliant. Its the perfect name for a women who is an Ayervdic practioner, Yoga master in three disciplines, pillates trainer and teacher, and Thai as well as shiatsu therapist.
Anyway, as each session passes I feel better able to relax myself, my back problems are slowly disappearing as are my little lurv handles and jelly belly (my body reacts quick to exercise) most of all I've noticed that my posture has really become different.
As a dancer I am constantly squeezing my but cheaks to turn out (not natural guys) anyway yoga is showing me that my natural posture is so adept at making me taller and pain free and more well... focused! weird? no not at all.
I've learned that my sway back is not so sway, that I am indeed 5"8 and a little bit more, my breathing is easier and well guys.. sex is better too.
One of my favourite exercises is a breathing technique where you sit legs crossed, tail (hips) pointing into the earth, shoulders spread outward and chin level to your chest. You hold the spiritual connection with your left hand and with your right you leave your thumb and ring finger half closed so you can use them to regulate your inhallations.
I love this because I go into a trance like meditation, I have never been able to do this kind of meditation before. I can breath alternately with one nostril blocked off and the other open (alternating of course) for over 20 rotations (one of the reasons I got extra time out of my last session, I enjoyed it so much she let me keep going).
When I finished and began to breath through both nostrils again I couldn't believe how buzzed my brain became yet it was a calm and peaceful buzz.. folks I'm totally hooked here.
I have tried many thing to learn how to relax and never found anything that made me feel really good, that allowed my mind to continue chattering without me logging into the thoughts and getting distracted.
All of the exercises are designed to specifically open us up and calm us into a balanced body right but I'm beginning to think I've only just started kindergarden (pre school) I am wondering where this will take me as the ayervedic side of things is utterly gob smacking as well.
Anyone else here enjoy yoga? on a level like this? beyond this? I don't know, no one I know gets into it so I can't talk about it at home.
