I did my first set of Cobra, as per normal - I love Cobra pose. And then during Savasana, the teacher started talking about how you need to inhale up into the pose and then you naturally exhale but then on your next inhale, focus on the expansion of the chest, then exhale 20% of your breath and then inhale and expand again.
Well, if I wasn't looking even further back on the ceiling in my second set of Cobra. I always thought I was breathing in the pose, maybe I was but maybe I wasn't breathing enough. This morning I tried it again and it felt good - new, different, deeper.
On another note, I tried to do the splits yesterday, which I haven't done since the competition and holy tight hip flexors! I guessing with all my BodyRocks and weights some parts of me have tightened up again. I'm also not as far along as I was 2 months ago with King Pigeon pose - a sore shoulder and lack of back bends and practice will do that. So new goal is to practice King Pigeon and the splits a few times a week.
But I've improved with Crow and Crane pose! Yesterday I was actually able to balance in both those poses for maybe 2 seconds. I like to think that I've gained some upper body strength and some confidence!
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