Arching Spine, Whorling Mind
Crazy experience in yoga class today. Got into an especially back-bendy variation of Pigeon that I had never accessed before - used to it these ways. In my ballet days I used to be able to lay my feet on my forehead in a background like it was nothing - like this. Haven't been quite able to do it in years (which I still find strange, because this position - basically the same but upside down - poses no problem for me). Well, today while playing with Pigeon variations, I got almost back into it, but with just one leg up instead of both, like this. I wasn't expecting it to happen today, so the sudden familiar connection of toe to head was a startlingly wonderful surprise. The tightest part of my upper back finally released, and it felt fantastic.
They say backbends tend to draw up and out deeply suppressed emotions that you hadn't even realized had built up inside you. In the middle of Savasana, at the end of class, I dipped in and out, as I generally do, finding a nice sense of calm. But suddenly, when class was over and my teacher's voice met my ears, drawing us back to the room, something snapped inside - started breathing heavily, almost shaking, and this odd sense of anxiety came over me. Might have just been my subconscious reminding me that I was about to be late for my next class, but felt like something deeper. Faded away almost as quickly as it came on. Curious.
ETA: Added image links of poses.
They say backbends tend to draw up and out deeply suppressed emotions that you hadn't even realized had built up inside you. In the middle of Savasana, at the end of class, I dipped in and out, as I generally do, finding a nice sense of calm. But suddenly, when class was over and my teacher's voice met my ears, drawing us back to the room, something snapped inside - started breathing heavily, almost shaking, and this odd sense of anxiety came over me. Might have just been my subconscious reminding me that I was about to be late for my next class, but felt like something deeper. Faded away almost as quickly as it came on. Curious.
ETA: Added image links of poses.