Yoga blues

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#1

For the first time I had a rough night at my Yoga class. I got dislexic and did a few poses twisting the wrong way.
Then when I went to do a forearm stand I forced it and slid off the wall and nicked the arm of the poor girl next to me.

So I know that we all have off days, but for some reason this made me feel very low. Maybe it was some embarassment also at my messing up.Kind of humbling.

Usually I feel quite uplifted after my practice so this was a new experience. I was just kind of down for the rest of the evening.

I realize that this is all a process and even the bad days are a part of the whole.

But it was weird. It just seemed to dampen my spirit.

:roll:

#2

Just another experience on the road - neither bad nor good.
Don’t get too high from your wins nor too low from your losses … and I use those two terms very loosely.

#3

[QUOTE=InnerAthlete;82625]Just another experience on the road - neither bad nor good.
Don’t get too high from your wins nor too low from your losses … and I use those two terms very loosely.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Gordon. I know I know. I’m not practicing to look good in front of the class. On one level I understand this.

On another level my New York City attitude clicks in and I don’t wanta look bad in front of people. That competitive spirit.

I feel better just expressing this and hearing your words.

Ah well. Onward down the path and accepting what comes.

Namaste

#4

As a followup. My bummer night was on a Monday. The next 3 days of practice were great. I was able to do a forearm stand and a few headstands no problemo.
The process goes on.

#5

You can not have highs without lows imho
Cheers

#6

Yes. So true.I did notice the girl I half fell on didn’t get close to me again.

#7

@ Shu

People around you, be they in class, at work, on the A Train what have you, will perceive things in part based on the way you do.

When you are frustrated by an inability to come up in the pose in class Monday night others will get that from you. When you are smiling and playful they will get that.

What they do with it is another matter.

#8

Shumanfoo,

You will remain competitive as long as you will continue to see yourself ‘inside-out’. As you begin asana, closer to your peak, close the eyes and see ‘from outside-in’. An excellent vehicle for this is the breath. While inhaling see how the air is drawn in and some energy travels outbound. In exhaling, it reverses.

Make sure, you see the inside of you more and more vividly each time, its tenderness, density, color, pulsation and warmth. You will experience joy and there will be no need for measuring your proficiency and athletic skill in the eyes of others.

#9

Suhas Tambe. That sounds very introspective. This I will attempt this coning Monday Night.
Thank You for these ideas.

#10

This week I have tried to look at myself “outside” in. It has been an interesting exercise. Not so easy in some ways. But concentrating on this through the breath did seem to help me think more about how my practice was affecting me than how it looked to others.

#11

ups and downs, strikes and gutters :wink:
In yoga we try to learn to keep a “stable” mind, and observing.
So these incedents happened, that is possible, now with a stable observing mind , you just experience. Notice how the mind makes it a bigger problem then it really is in reality ( no one got really hurt right) Just notice that “blues” as a manifestation of reality that moves through you. You will also see that it will go away again, and come up and go and etc etc. Movement of life , flow upon it , don’t sink in it :wink:

Peace and good feelings!

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