still sick

Well, I woke up this morning with less of a stuffy nose but still not great. Fever broke during the night and I am feeling a bit better. However, it is a led practice today, being Friday, and I knew that there was no way I had the energy to get through the whole thing. If it was Mysore practice then there is the opportunity to finish early if you absolutely must but in a led class, no way. You would have to stand up in front of everyone and walk out. No way was I going to risk being that conspicuous. So I opted to stay home and do my own practice. It is a shame really to miss practice because I just don't like doing it and it is a moon day on Sunday so that means 4 days out of the shala. Also Wednesday is Ganesh Festival and there is no practice there then either. I will practice at home though. No reason to miss really.

I just wish that this damn cold/flu would go away. I drank loads of juice and have eaten tonnes of healthy stuff to no avail. I am still sick. YUCK.

I went to a nice dinner at Santosha last night. T, the proprieter, is a chef and I have been told that he is a wonderful cook. SO I was really looking forward to dinner. It was really a waste for me though because I could taste nothing. I should have skipped it but I had put my name on a list and they had cooked for me so I felt that I should still go. I only had some soup and some stir fried veggies but it was all so tastless because of my cold. I will go back again as they do the dinners rather frequently. Maybe then I will actually be able to taste something.

Certainly, a disappointing few days on my end.

Level 2 Sanskrit starts tomorrow. Looking forward to that.

Ciao!

Sick!

Yes, it is true. I am sick. I am trying to feign a fever which would get me out of practice tomorrow. Maybe I will just not go. I have only missed one day in the last 2 months. We will see how i feel in the AM. I drank a ton of OJ today. I hope that will help.

Other things I am pondering. I miss Jeff. A LOT. I am in happy yoga land but wow it is difficult to be away for so long. Especially when there are so many fun things to discuss, like wedding stuff. So much fun. Actually, he probably doesn't care much about the details but it is fun to make decisions on things together.

I am still working on the bridesmaids dresses. I can't find a good picture that I can take to the tailor to copy. I am looking.

I think I am getting a cold. Please let it not be true. Argggg! NO break until Saturday. Not sure I can make it until then. It took all my willpower to get to practice today. I did make it but I missed some poses accidentally. Didn't even notice until I was walking out of the shala. I felt that there was something wrong but couldn't figure it out. Silly me, I guess I was not totally with it today.

I am taking a nap. I am missing a big lunch gathering too because of my extreme fatigue. I don't even have enough energy to go and buy orange juice. I am pathetic but so tired. Please make it stop.

Nap time!

approaching 7PM

So it is approaching 7 PM and I am really contemplating going to bed. Wow, what has happened to me. I did go and have a really great massage with Cat. I am just so drained today.

Maybe I will stay up a bit longer, but not much. Early practice again tomorrow.

I think I have caught the tiredness bug from Cathryn

Woke up this morning at the usual time, 4:30 AM, feeling quite good. I got to practice and only had to wait a few minutes until I started. I actually like a bit of a wait time. I feel it lets me get into the mood, ready, time to prepare. Then I got called in. I was happy because there was enough room between the mats to actually do all the poses without constantly worrying about bumping into your neighbor.

I started out strong, really trying to focus on jump throughs and the proper form for up dog. My wrists have been a bit tender lately. So i am just trying to be more aware. The adjustments I have made are helping and wrist pain has subsided a bit. I actually was doing great until I got to Marichi series. The twists made me feel the not so healthy cookies I ate last night and I got very nauseous. Yuck.

I then got to Budja pidasana, fell on my butt hard. Kind of embarrassing. Kormasana and supta were not too bad did them 2 times. Still can't do the jump back after Budja and kormasana. It will come. Then I got to Garbha pindasana. CRAP! I can get my arms through my legs without too much trouble. Plus today it was hotter, and I was really sweaty so no extra water from the squirt bottle was necessary. The problem does not lay there though. It is with the roll. You have to roll around on your back and I have managed to rub a place on my back raw from doing this. It is so painful. I tried to roll on my back instead of my spine but I just don't have the control. I did it 3 times and only got one or 2 rocks in both times because the roll was just killing my back. I then gave up and did kukutasana and moved on. It was all I could do. I then realized that I had expended all my energy. I had no strength left whatsoever. Trying to do back bends was a joke and then closing. I did however, have a great sivasana. HAHA.

After practice, I could barely lift my arms, I had totally expended all of their energy. I came home and did something I never do. I went back to bed. I actually slept for another 2 hours. I was worried because I never do this. Cathryn, a lovely Irish woman that I have met here had the same experience yesterday and could barely get around and slept most of the day. I believe her sleeping malady has rubbed off on me today. It is not the end of the world. I don't have much going today anyway. Will stay in and relax.

Ciao,
Samantha

"Too much Chipati"

Infamous words from Sherath today after I couldn't stay bound in supta Kormasana. The sad part is that he is totally right. They were the staple of my diet yesterday. I will lay off them today and see if that makes a difference. I also ate dinner last night which i never do and I think it made a difference. I am not going to aver analys it though. It is what it is.

Need a shower and breakfast. Ciao.

to all of those who've nagged before....

who've filtered in and out my door
I dedicate this blog entry

ehem, sorry bad song, bad lyrics. :-)

Anyway, hello to those fellow temporary Mysorieans who are nagging me to write something here (Jill).

In fact I don't really have a lot to say because I have been far too social while here and not getting nearly as much done as I should.

Practice is practice. I had a total bout of ego and not just accepting that I was stopped at supta kurmasana for ages but bitching and complaining over and over about it. Until, one day when I just shut up about it and resigned myself to always be stuck there. Actually did the pose 3 times in practice and for the first time getting my head to the ground, the next day Sherath told me to move on. So now I am sure I will go through the whole thing again with garbha pindasana. Oh the ego is so strong. Why can't we just learn????