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I have been without teacher for a few months now. I was never afraid of practising alone having done that for 8 months once before. I knew I would get on the mat, and I knew I wouldn't lose my practice as such. But I do remember what a shock it was to the system to be with a teacher regularly again.

I think you get used to doing what feels right on a given day rather than knocking out a full primary day in day out like at a shala. Both have their benefits. I felt more energised by my practice w… Continue

I haven't really had the time to blog and when I have had a spare minute, I have I admit read my book or something. No offence I do really enjoy being amongst you guys.

Practice has been following it's course, and I have had nice ones. I didn't practice on Saturdays because I forgot out of habit of not doing so, but I will do now that I've remembered. Something not ashtanga, something I feel like doing that is different.

This morning I practiced at the gym which was horrendous.… Continue

This morning, alone and playful. I enjoyed working on lifting myself up again, I know it happens bit by bit so it's nice. I would rather not have lost that ability in the first place, but I think I will benefit from revisiting it.

cj x

Tuesday morning I had a lovely time doing my ashtanga practice at the studio. Not very hot, I think there's a bit of a heating issue, but comfortable enough in a long sleeve T. I'm happy that everything feels ok at the moment, nothing is sore or annoying. I actually like all the postures and you know what, it goes by really fast, suddenly I'm doing shoulderstand and wonder where the time went.

Today I went to L's lovely class, I loved it. Lots of shoulder opening, which was really divin… Continue

Saturday and sunday I used my wind down time after my run to do some poses and calm myself down generally, root myself back to the ground, without being all carried away in excitement and everything from the run. It was nice. I always need a good twist and of course hip openers and forward bends. Things come easy on that mat at the end of a workout. I find it much harder to figure out what to do next from cold. Odd.

Today, nice practice with (Hooray!) some jumping back in sun salute A,… Continue