October 31, 2010
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Feathered Peacock Pose & Peace with Change
My adrenal issues have kept me out of Bikram yoga for some time now. I get so nauseated from the heat that I just spend more time being sick instead of being well. I miss it but have now for a few months, been exploring Iyengar and Ashtanga.
I have had a particularly wonderful time at an Iyengar studio in my neighborhood. I have intentionally jumped around to different instructors and have found every single one of them absolutely brilliant. I have enough strength and flexibility to jump into classes and catch on quickly however it is very different so I find myself wondering in every single posture about the fine details of the pose. I also don’t know the sanskrit names of the poses so I have to look around to figure out which pose we are doing. I have taken a few workshops so that I can get some insight into these issues as well as am enjoying reading “Light on Yoga” by BKS Iyengar. BUT we do so few inversions in Bikram that I am absolutely pitiful at headstands, handstands and everything in between and related to inversions and arm balances. I sort of feel like the picture above of the clumsy cow but the cow has a much better bhujapidasana that I do right now.
There is an instructor at the studio I enjoy with a beautiful name that I can not pronounce who has been patient and kind to me. She has no idea that I am in a more… vulnerable state with the stress that I am under yet she has now on a several occasions extended compassion. (in the Buddhist sense of the word). Now my headstand is just sad and my handstand is non exsistant. I got excited by the name Pincha Mayurasana aka Feathered Peacock pose. I mean really, doesn’t that sound regal? Let me tell you, I couldn’t even evenly distribute my weight on my forearms nonetheless get my legs up in the air. See posture below of what it is supposed to look like:
My sister does a beautiful job at this and I will get there some day as well but for now, I will have to derive my inner joy from the humor I experienced trying to figure out being comfortable upside down. Sort of a parallel to the way my life has been going lately. Time to make peace with change and a different perspective.
Comments (2)
Since it is technically considered candy day (Ms. Candace)… Have you ever tried a Godiva chocolate and/or truffle??
@Nixon101 - I am sorry but I have tried to reply but I can’t do it for some reason on my ipad! ? Now what kind of woman that loves chocolate isn’t familiar with both Godiva chocolate as well as truffles? What type of person do you think I am?? They are HEAVENLY of course!!!