Asana Practice Week Seven

        So I just got back from a run and some asana practice afterwards. It is fifty five degrees outside, the clouds are about to burst with precipitation, and the sunlight is slowly dimming. It feels like the first day of fall (although that already happened officially weeks ago). Can we talk about all the transitions going on right now? It only felt right to do some yoga practice after my run! As Dr. Schultz told us earlier in the semester, the best time to do yoga is in the transitional parts of the day. So far I have only been practicing yoga right after I wake up in the mornings. I have been eager to try some other transitional moments but when do I have time to fit in some yoga at night? Homework, clubs, job, church, and most importantly dinner occupy my time in the evening. Thankfully, the advent of fall weather seems to slow things down and makes me want to get outside for a little while. And I am still being efficient with my time fitting in some yoga practice after my run! Score another point for me. 

After I finished my run, I walked over to the lot on Fourth and Daughtrey, and stationed myself into a slightly obscured, bushy corner. At first, I was a little self conscious of all the cars passing by, but I just turned up my Sigur Ros (great yoga music by the way) and tuned them out. I did a few bound hand poses, tree pose, mountain pose, a few twists, and of course downward dog. Downward dog was my favorite to do. As I was situated in Downward dog, I could see the rustling bushes and birds flying behind me. I felt very meditative and unaware of myself. It was so relaxing. I liked doing mountain pose as well because I could look at the clouds hustling by overhead. 

The feeling of doing yoga in the mornings versus doing yoga in the evening makes me feel completely different sensations. In the mornings, I feel like doing yoga practice, wakes me up and unscrews my body. In the evening, yoga practice relaxes and un-focuses my brain that has been hyperaware all day. It is so interesting the ways yoga practice can make me feel and I think the best way to experience that is to keep mixing up my practice every once in a while.