Jai Bhagwan!

Today’s sadhana was at the local community center which doubles as physical education space for the local high school.  Just started the first round of surya namaskar when a loud gaggle of teenagers ran past.  Today’s intention was ruthless determination in the postures.  I had Wednesday’s class hold each pose longer than I normally do to help emphasize tapas.  As I watched my students holding tadasana, my body just ached to be holding the posture with them.  The result was that I experimented with intense holding within my own sadhana.  The releases were nearly uncontrollable they were so powerful.

While moving into utthita parsvakonasana I could distinctly feel my hips rotating as I extended my torso.  I immediately grabbed my hip bones and used them to rotate my pelvis forward.  The end result was a much more intense stress in the hamstrings and inner thighs.  Using this idea of manual roation of the hips resulted in much deeper forward bends/stretches which had a huge imparct on pashimottanasana.

Namasté