It's amazing how much I lost in terms of endurance during the down time. Today was especially difficult, but looking back over the past 5 days I see why.... I've trained and/or taken 8 hours total of class (9 by the end of today). *whew* I'm at my goal of 10 climbs per class, but by the last climb my forearms are in knots.
We went back to the ankle hang today, and I managed to actually hang instead of just plopping on the mats. As you can tell, I'm still super tense, trying to brace against the discomfort of all my weight pulling around my ankle. The silly thing is, the rest of my body actually feels released and relaxed upside down, it's just the squeezing around my ankle that makes it seem otherwise.
Another tiny life lesson in this practice. We spend so much energy struggling to brace against discomfort rather than sinking in and just being present. Often the discomfort is nothing more than a single point, but with all the flailing &tension it seems like much more.
Trying single ankle hang... eep.
pull over.. muuuch less painful.. I'll even smile.
