I practiced, and here are two clips to prove it!

Full 2nd, no 3rd, one illegal 4th series pose. No tick tocks. I did film two sets of drop backs too. I'm absolutely amazed at how much my feet are still swiveling out on the drop when it feels like they're barely moving... How distressing! I'm not going to post those anywhere.

My upper back is hardly bending. Still, I can bend pretty effectively when I'm getting assisted or if I'm doing a pose that allows some leverage (cheating): Ganda B or the Viparita Dandasanas.

I've been in all day since Starbucks, being a yoga loser: procrastinating, obsessing. I got myself to the mat by making an internal bargain not to work that hard (do tick tocks). I'm going to get to the park to read outside for a little bit while I wait for Neene to land in the East Village. We are going to stuff ourselves with healthy, vegetarian food.


Kapotasana: This is the 2nd one. I only filmed it to check my progress. If I could just open my upper back a bit more I might eventually be able to grab a heel at a time from the air.

I'm not going to post the Pinca Mayurasana / Karandavasana clip here, but it's on youtube for anyone interested.

Here's my illegal 4th series pose, tacked onto the end of 2nd after the seven headstands - Sayanasana practice! Not bad for not having attempted it since may. This one's going to need some extra work, outside of Astanga, in order to learn the balance. It can be done, though.