A good yoga day at last! What a relief. After struggling through my attempts at some kind of daily yoga practice for the last couple of weeks, this morning everything seemed to click into place and I suddenly felt more relaxed than I have in quite a while. The only thing I don't know is why the sudden change, but at the moment I'm inclined to not ponder on that too much and just enjoy it.
I'm wading through a book called Anatomy of Hatha Yoga (H. David Coulter) that I found whilst scrabbling around the local library a while ago. It is dense. Not to mention so heavy that I feel like I need to build some arm strength before even trying to pick it up. But looking past the terminology - to be fair, the author did put a warning in the introduction - it's actually really interesting, and, I think, useful. I'm figuring that if I can understand how my hip actually functions, I may be able to get more of an idea of what yoga postures might help and what might make it worse. Not to mention a hope for more productive conversations with various doctors in the future.
Aside from that, I feel a bit like I'm floating through the days at the moment. Not being able to work is beginning to take its toll on my sanity, so I'm taking refuge in books. Any books pretty much. I've never read so widely before; it's quite an interesting experiment in how much my mind can actually absorb. I really should get back into studying Spanish, but the motivation I had at the beginning of the year has dissolved and I know that until it returns I won't make any discernable progress. So, reading it is. And hopefully, more good yoga days to come...
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