#14 Another accomplishment!

I have changed up my hot yoga schedule a bit in the past week. I missed my normal Hatha class on Friday because I took my sister and brother in law out crabbing. Our goal was to catch a bunch of crab for his retirement party on Sunday. We ended up catching 17 keepers for the party. Maddie went along with us also. I love being out on the water as much as I do hot yoga. Now if I can do hot yoga on a boat that would be amazing. Of course it would have to be really hot to be as hot as it is in the studio. :)

I did my usual Hatha class Sunday morning and really worked on some balance. I was feeling pretty good about some progress I had made. I also worked on stretching and felt I made a bit of headway on a couple of stretches also. I wanted to continue this on Monday so I switched it up a bit.

I picked up Maddie earlier than normal so that we could get to the studio and catch another Hatha class on Monday instead of the later Yin class. We got there about thirty minutes early and we were greeted by Jennifer the owner of Spark Hot Yoga of Marysville. I was happy to see her as she has always been very supportive of my hot yoga adventure and plus she always has a smile on her face.

Maddie, Jennifer and myself

Maddie got us all set up just before Christiana came into the studio. As always she had a smile from ear to ear. 

Class started and I was so excited to get started after feeling so good the day before and wanted it to continue. I really pushed myself balancing on my left leg with my prosthetic lef bent at a 90 and my right hand under that knee and my left arm straight up in the air. I thought I would push it a bit and try squating down with just my left knee for support. I did that a few times and after about the fifth time almost did not make it back up ans started going over. Luckily I pushed myself up against the wall with a loud thump and saved myself. Christiana came over and asked if I was ok and I told her what happened and she said it was good I pushed myself. I think that gave me determination for what was about to happen. The rest of the class was bent over at the waist and hands on the floor. I have never done this before since I received my prosthetic. I thought why not? I went for it and next thing I know I am standing straight legged and both of my hands are on the floor. I was grinning from ear to ear. Christiana came over to make sure I was in that position on purpose. ha ha ha. I told her I was but may not be able to get back up. LOL!!  She gave me a block for support and I was able to get back up. I did this a few times and I was so excited that I had done that. I know without yoga there would be no way I would ever be able to do this again. Like I have said, "YOGA ROCKS!!!" Now that I have accomplished this task I am going to work on tackling something new in class. Have I mentioned how much I love hot yoga? :)

Jennifer had shown me a picture earlier when we first arrived that Christiana had taken of me at a class last week and asked if she could use it on her facebook page. I of course agreed.to it. It is me without my leg on in the final savasana pose. This is the final pose of the two classes I have taken. It is very relaxing and clears the mind. If you look you can see all the stuff I need just to take off or use to do yoga. Also one leg. What is your excuse?

Savasana

Have an amazing day, keep smiling and stay positive

Namaste

Darin