The shoulder/neck has improved. Primary and 1/2 intermediate today. It was fine!
"Cautious" practices aren't necessarily exciting. But cautious seems like the smartest approach so that's what I'm going with. I modify anything that irritates it, and it has quickly shown me what I've grown attached to "doing well" in my practice...and also that on some level I worry about looking lazy. Which is silly. There are no lazy people doing ashtanga!
Keeping my jumping to chaturanga as light as I can in Surya's. I can't float, of course, but trying to distribute the impact as evenly as possible not to jar my shoulder. In the standing poses, there has been a lot of toe dristi instead of looking up. I can manage all the marichyasanas but haven't been going for wrist in any of them. I made it my mission to create space and not "overuse" my shoulder mobility to get me there.
I booked a massage and was so lucky to have an extremely skilled RMT. She had worked in physio and she did things I've never experienced before in a massage, including coaching me to breathe certain ways at certain pressure points. It was great!
There was absolutely no going back in Kapotasana today. I turned it into another Ustrasana, haha!
No Sarvangasana, no Sirsasana, and only the teensiest utplutihi. They'll be back before long I hope!
2 comments:
Glad to hear your back on the mat. Injuries are such great teachers, great that your noticing that instead of getting frustrated.
Hi Helen - I'm not above a little frustration! But you're right, injuries are great teachers...pain (the avoidance of) really keeps me aware of things I might not have noticed before.
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