Awesome Beginner at it!

My girlfriend whom has just been doing yoga for the 4th TIME with a "real teacher", is super flexible that she amazes all of us and even herself. I said real teacher as she too has her own "personal trainer", the one on TV with the DVD all these while (not sure for how long). Of course all excited & anxious, when she spoke to me this morning, as she wanted to show her other half, currently half the globe away from her, could only see her magnificent flexibility on my blog now. I have been trying but in vain to upload the pictures on facebook, which has been failing on me for the past week. It is taking too long to upload on the blog too, there are more pictures to upload, but just uploading one picture has taken me 30 mins & the other pictures just failed to upload again after the 4th attempt. But I got to do it, there are people waiting to see the pictures..... i wish i have the time to patiently wait for more pictures to upload, but I need my afternoon beauty nap in 10 mins. It was a frantic morning and midday for me, so, I need a nap now before I am non-functional, LOL.

Yippee, as I am waiting for the other picture to upload (failed for the 5th time now), the pictures uploaded on facebook! Can I pleaseeee take my nap now???? But then again, since she's my very "old" friend, I would just bring the laptop into the room and catch a wink or two while waiting for the uploads! Be warned : I might get cranky as I didn't sleep well last night and totally exhausted now.

This picture doesn't really justify her flexibility as she actually had her face to the floor (you know why the picture is not here). Matthew was just letting her feel how its like when you stretch out to the floor with your face, forehead or even your chin. sorry, pictures failed to upload again, but FB was successful, so, those on my FB list, go view the pictures. Nap time!!!

HeadStand

It has been a while since my last update, not that I have not been practising my yoga nor private classes has been cancelled. It's just that during the private classes with Matthew, I seldom get the chance to snap pictures as I am in deep concentration whilst holding the poses. He tends to make us hold the poses for at least 10-20 seconds (let me re-iterate, at least 10-20 seconds!). So you could imagine, I am certainly not in the position to reach out for the camera least alone trying to hold strong in my poses, with the sweat dripping down my face. A word of advise, do not apply moisturiser before class, as the cream is rather smarting when the sweat drips down your nose or the eyes, and you can't reach out for your face towel as you wouldn't want to interrupt the rhythm.

Yes, I said rhythm as I sometimes feel like I am dancing above ground. Try closing your eyes when you practise your yoga next. You may be able to feel rhythm of your breath, your muscles and you will certainly feel your movements deepens. e.g. when doing a twist, inhale and lengthen your spine, exhale and twist with your eyes closed, you will notice that you are able to twist further. This applies even when doing any other poses. When the sub conscious mind is in tune, we are not consciously prohibiting our body from stretching or going beyond our boundaries.

Having said that, I am working on my fear of being upside-down. Been working with Matthew on headstand, still have not really gotten the rhythm of it & decided to try it on my own without feeling fearful of falling over. However, I got a little over confident & tumbled to the side of the wall (how did I tumble sideways???), I tried controlling the fall so that I fall graciously and slowly but my knee hit the wall and left a bruise for a week. Thank goodness nobody was near me, LOL.

Please note the position of the arms whilst doing this headstand. According to her, it seems its easier than it looks (but not for me, I was just a spectator with the camera).

Bravo! she has a good alignment & I was just wishing I could do it too :(

This is another alternative with the arms, unlike the usual.

But please practise with care, unless you are ready & strong, then please have a friend or teacher by your side so that you don't get bruises like me.