Day Eleven

It is hard to believe that it's day eleven already. It has been a theme lately that when I need time to slow down, it speeds up and vice versa. The practice has been going by much faster. Is it because I have become used to the heat and am now daydreaming, or is it because I am so focused on the moment they all dissolve into one? I can't really tell.

I know that class today felt almost easy, yup almost. It went by at lightning speed. Perhaps I have found my edge and now that needs an extension. It was the first time I went for the straight leg in standing head to knee post, one that requires a very locked knee before moving into. I am beginning to notice my quads getting stronger, one benefit of the locked knee approach, which is very different from other styles of yoga I have practiced. It really takes concentration, awareness and strength. After more than a week of trying, I could see my knee "locked" in the mirror.

It is pretty fascinating to concentrate so much on a specific body part that you are able to make it move in a different way. I need to do this with my brain. I am going to take this awareness and concentration and move it from my knee to my brain, removing old thought patterns like I am lifting my kneecap.

It is going to take practice though, maybe more than eleven days.