21 June 2021 - solstice

I got up extra this morning, but still not before the sun, which rose at 4:43.

I have reached ‘half primary series’ and the teachers suggest that I stay here for a while, until it has sunk in. The practice is getting easier and more familiar. My arms are much stronger, my hamstrings and back feel more flexible, and my core is catching up.

Today I am invited to try ‘drop backs’, which I’ve done before, but not for years in an Astanga setting. I do three, dropping back into wheel and standing up from wheel three times. I am a bit clumsy and it is hard work at the end of the practice, but it works.

I cycle home in light rain and feel grateful for the practice, and grateful that now I can sit down!