Shadow of Utthita Parshvasahita from today's practice in my parents living room

Since I am in Izmir, and since I am not skipping any vinyasa till navasana, I sweat like ... well there are no words for it, but drips are coming from everywhere during the practice. My practices are beautiful nowadays, I do them around 7 pm, when sun starts to set and when I cannot study further. This empties my mind and I can go back to study for about one more hour. 

I am working on the vinyasas and jumping back and through. Ugh so hard, so so hard, the other day, I was trying to jump back from a sitting pose, suddenly tears came out of my eyes, I mean I was really crying as if somebody pushed a button. It took 10 seconds and I was so surprised cos' it happened so suddenly and I was not even emotional. 

My paper is coming out alright, I would like to be more focused and have people around to discuss the project but I lack the latter luxury for more than a year now.. Maybe I should blog my research..Everyday... Why not? Something to think about. 

Have a lovely weekend, mine is gonna be most probably a full time study weekend... It's OK, most of the time I luuvvv studying..

Yoga and Life

There are some poses in Ashtanga Yoga that you think you can never manage or you think "oh this one will take so much time". Then you practice everyday, learn some tips and voila, the pose is there. Utthita Parshvasahita was one of the poses I thought I needed many years until I do it completely for two reasons: Your hamstrings must flexible and you need a perfect balance. But it's there. I like it. And now when I come across with a pose that is so difficult at a current stage the thought always accompanies: "Practice and all is coming" and I think that's true for everything in life.. "Practice and all is coming" Sri K. Pattabhi Jois


Have a lovely week everybody