Day 15 - 40-day Bikram Challenge -

Ugh. As good as yesterday was, today was a bit of a step backwards. Class was led by the most demanding instructor. This isnt a bad thing, as I realize how hard she makes you work. And the focus on simple things like stretching tall all the time in-between poses is a great point. I suppose that was the lesson of the day. Arms tall, stretching to the roof, elbows pressed against the head, no space between the arms and ears.

And when I do that, the practice becomes instantly a lot harder, but more beneficial. I was also corrected in my posture of a few forms. I am sure I am still doing pretty well all the poses wrong but some more than others. Triangle Pose I still have never really figured out where my bottom arm should be going. I know I am stretching up but really not getting a ton from this pose.

So I suppose lesson of the day is that there are a lot of benefits to just keeping your arms before, during and after poses. Something that has benefits on basically every pose. That's not bad.

I dont mind this instructor, she would be ideal every few days and I am sure her posture clinic would be great. But damn that is one hard, hard session