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Oh gosh, is it July already? Where is this year going?

This sounds fun! I've got this commitment to physical fitness going anyway, so I like the idea of making it all yoga, all month!

I can regale you all with tales of how I might die in second series.

I mean, you never know.

I had the most insanely wonderful practice today. Which is especially nice because it's been awhile. But this one is different. I think it's because I've gotten close to Tova, who lately has been merging with the universe, and she's taking me along for the ride.

Crazy endorphin rushing still and I left the mysore room over an hour and a half ago.

Magical mystical energetic high.

Can we BOTTLE practices like this?

WOW.

My pinca mayurasana is getting better, yes. But I can't do it independently on any kind of consistent basis, and mostly when I balance, it still feels like an accident.

Asked an assistant this morning how she learned it, as we have similar body frames/types. She said that she kept trying, over and over, without a wall and without help. I said that I sometimes do that, but in the mornings, my usual teacher assists me (and when I balance nicely, it's b/c he helps to get me in that zone).

She smi… Continue

Freaked myself out this morning in titthibhasana C, walking forward and backward. Stumbled, panicked, and managed to untangle myself before I fell. Can I bitch here for a minute? I hate this fucking pose. Hate it hate it hate it. Sooner or later I'm going to fall on my head, or on my face, and it's not going to be pretty.

Ohhhhhhh, I can hear Christopher now, saying, "that kind of talk isn't helping you, why do you DO that, why do you say these things to yourself? STOP saying 'can't'! NO FEAR!"… Continue

And nothing hideous happened! I'm sure I'll write more about this tomorrow but I'm excited. Now I feel confident working on it without Greg there every second.

Mini breakthroughs are fun. Obviously I don't have a handle on the pose yet but it's coming.