Asana Practice Week Three

Today was a hard day for me in practice. I was slightly anemic (thanks to my Crohn’s disease diet) and was feeling pretty exhausted at the beginning of class. I honestly did not want to put too much effort into doing the poses in class. I was counting down the minutes until savasana but I am glad that I did not give up on at least attempting each pose. Even though I was tired throughout the whole practice, I still felt like I was able to get some benefit out of it. I actually saw that I had improved in some of the poses! There are a few poses that I feel like I am seeing progress in: downward dog and the Sage’s pose (I think that is what the sitting twist was called). On downward dog, I feel like I am getting my back a little straighter each time I practice and I am getting better at putting the weight into my legs. It is still not really a comfortable resting pose for me, but I hope that someday it will be. I also felt myself twist a lot farther in the Sage’s pose. Seeing this progress has encouraged me to keep up with the practice, even when I am not feeling energized enough to do it.