Day Ten

Today is my second consecutive day without doing yoga thanks to the power outage yesterday. I figured the extra day off would give me an opportunity to recover from the setback Wednesday. Mostly it seemed to be an opportunity to get bitten up by mosquitoes and drink wine. While this mysteriously did not make the torn abdominal muscle feel any better it did help me to concentrate on something besides the discomfort. Taking a step back and observing my overall experience after (almost) a full week of classes I can say that I am noticing a pleasant overall body soreness. Even though I am taking all-levels classes the instructors are leading us through series of poses that are almost as challenging as power classes. I have heard that at this level the only difference between the two classes is the heat of the room. A power class is generally in a hotter room to allow for more openness in your muscles. If you are nursing an injury it is also an opportunity to over-extend yourself and make the injury worse. Given that I have already over-extended myself and made my injury worse maybe I should look into the power classes.