After a break of several weeks from the tough classes, today I went for one tough class.
Woah… its either the muscles have lost it or I am getting older. Just so tiring.
There used to be only exploding triangle. Now we did exploding partial triangle and exploding side full plank (followed by exploding side plank to wheel… ). The whole class was exploding! haha…
exploding “whatever” pose is just to go further in the pose by doing opening of chest and sometimes with backbend in the pose.
Triangle exploding… Just go into normal triangle. Then start to move your hand on the floor next to your foot towards the back so that your lifted arm can extend and chest open. A backbend is required here. Imagine you going to touch your friend behind with your lifted arm. AND BREATHE! hehe… I like this pose… very graceful and yet requires some strength.
Side plank exploding… go into full side plank with fingers holding on to the big thumb of foot up towards the sky. Then open your chest towards the sky and slowly move with the lifted arm and leg towards the floor. Then drop your lifted foot onto the ground and the hand into the wheel pose… ==> again almost touching the floor… but no guts to go further… fear of the head thumping the floor… again I like this pose alot but still trying my best to accomplish it without my losing my head… haha…
During the class, I did find that my breathing improves and I was very aware of my breath. Such that some usual poses that I can do, I did not do as the I could not have the smoothness in the breath. Ah… if I can do the poses in smooth breaths, that would be my goal. Yoga is only graceful if you do the poses with strength, grace and EASE!
OM~
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