Day 10

Weather: awesome. brisk.
Today's Overall Feeling: wonderful

Day behind again. This post is for Sunday morning practice. Self-discipline is part of this whole journey. Get there yamasaki. Make it happen. ! ! !

So yesterday... I went to another one of Garrell's classes. I have to say, really great teacher. Two thumbs up.  His practice starts out pretty relaxed, which is what seems to be working for me (in a positive mental way). Starting off in a reclined bound angle pose (Supta Baddha Konasana) for about 10 minutes and another reclined hero pose (supta virasana).

this is not me. just getting that out there.

Both of these poses can be done after dinner and make you feel good all over. Here are some of the therapeutic applications to the reclined hero pose as per yoga journal magazine:

• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Diarrhea
• Digestive problems
• Flat feet
• Head cold
• Headache
• High blood pressure
• Infertility
• Insomnia
• Intestinal gas and acidity
• Menstrual discomfort
• Respiratory ailments
• Sciatica
• Varicose veins

That's right. Everything from headache to flat feet. Hey! let's meet some gas 1/2 way down the list and round it all off with a scrubbin' for those variose veins. What's great about this pose is you can relax in it for quite some time. In class we lay on bolsters, they are length wise underneath our heads to our lower backs.

I can attest to the fact that this will help intestinal gas and acidity. A while back I was stricken with a seriously horrifying case of acid reflux. I woke up in the middle of the night clutching my stomach. Then drank a cup of baking soda and warm water (so disgusting it's unbelievable), which I hear is bad for you because you f up the ph balance in your stomach. I also drank a cup of ginger tea with lemon juice in it. Lemon juice + acid reflux = omg-don't-do-it.

After all that, I did lay in supta virasana and found some peace there. I think before internet doctoring myself, hitting up Light on Yoga's section on ailments is a good way to go.