Started the day right with a 100% raw green smoothie made of bananas, malunggay, maca powder, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, water and ice cubes.
Off to a yin yoga class at Yoga Plus at the Fort with Dinah Salonga by 9am, and it was an interesting 90 minutes for me. For one thing, I think I have had more pins and needles within the 90 minutes than I had the last few years combined. I was quite relaxed in many of the poses, but struggled really hard with one. On the left twisted variation of the sleeping swan, I got so agitated, to the point that I imagined just walking out of the room. It was not so much the physical discomfort but the emotional one, the same agitation I feel when I cannot stand a person or a situation. I chose to just stay and observe and breathe through it. It was almost like a Vipassana meditation. I thought, if I cannot handle my own body, how am I supposed to handle the world that is out there? Also, what came to mind is the yoga sutra vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt tayor vibaktah panthāh. In English according to the Jivamukti commentary: Each individual person perceives the same object in a different way, according to their own state of mind and projections. Everything is empty from its own side and appears according to how you see it. This pose is not out to get me. This pose is empty. My agitation came from nobody and nowhere else but me. I am responsible, and only I can save myself from feeling victimized.
Given that it was a small group private class, we felt quite free in expressing what we were going through, and at one point it seemed all of us were going through different struggles of our own. It reminded me of spoiled children whining to their mother (my "complaints" anyway) that I started to chuckle a little. I had to tell myself to think sad thoughts, like animals suffering, so I don't burst out laughing right then and there at the irony of it all: the hip openers were for fertility and I have a personal stand to be childless and there I was being reminded of whining children. The savasana was so relaxing I slept through the entire pose. I have to say it feels like what I needed today. Yoga Plus holds yin yoga classes regularly at both Ortigas and The Fort branches. Check them out! Back home and hungry for food, I made myself yet another unprocessed treat- mostly unprocessed, I think! My sweet tooth urged me to make chocolate peanut butter ice cream. It is made of bananas, cocoa powder, peanut butter and topped with cacao nibs. Delightful and perfect for summer! I have already frozen my next batch of bananas to get my second serving ready!
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i shall freeze some bananas for myself as well! i enjoyed reading your post today nancy, as i often do when i come across your blog :) indeed its funny how yin yoga can take us to places deep within, right? it is one of my favorite practices, actually :) hope to catch one of your classes soon!
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Nancy Siy
3/29/2013 11:56:09 pm
Thanks Ria! Yin is quite different :) See you soon!
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10/24/2013 07:52:49 am
A little off-topic but just wanted to say I liked the layout of the site
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