Shortcuts

Did a shortened practise today. Short in the sense that after the Sun Salutations I didn't come back to Samasthithii in the standing sequence and took vinyasas only after finishing both sides of each seated asana. Other than those modifications and without sacrificing the breath, I still did all the primary series poses plus more actually. I did some handstand preps against the wall and did more wall walks than usual. Still have a long way to go in deepening my backbends. But that's OK. I'm just curious to see how my body will adapt over time to Urdhva Dhanurasana, Supta Kurmasana and Marichy D. Hope all is coming indeed.

The intention was to get to my kids' pre-school before dismissal because the children were sent home earlier today. But I enjoyed focusing my energy on staying for up to 10 breaths in the poses, especially in the seated ones, and got carried away thinking that skipping the Samasthithiis and half the vinyasas really bought me much time. I was late for my kids. But in my humble opinion this "routine" was quite efficient and really "seamless" as my feet were naturally positioned wide apart for a succession of poses: Trikonasana, Reverse Triangle, Utthita Parsvakonasana, Parivritta Parsvakonasana, Prasaritas A-D and Parsvottanasana. I then came to Samasthithii for Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana, Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana, Warriors I & II and Utkatasana.

Had a chance to try Anusara Yoga with two friends who say the atmosphere at the shala is getting too "intense and competitive". Sure hope not. Loved Anusara but I'm sad they feel that way about yoga. Also confused by Grimmly who has inspired me to fast-track my personal practice of the primary series. Of late he seems to be practising less Ashtanga and more Vinyasa Krama in the tradition of Ramaswami and not Matthew Sweeney's. Om.