Milestone

Marichyasana D went down unassisted today. It still hurts a lot, of course.

Garbha is the current roadblock - I can't figure out how to roll around without tipping over. Kukkutasana is completely hopeless without someone to hoist me into the air.

But the rest of Primary is happy and routine. My hamstrings are opening making kurmasana possible.

And finally, after nine months of gimp, my right shoulder is feeling healthy and strong. I can once again lolasana and hover before jumping back. I can jump through, though I'm not confident enough to perform every jump in the series. The exit from bakasana is happening without pain. Solving the shoulder issue was a matter of alignment. You could argue that teacher training fixed my shoulder.

Milestone?

I managed to bind Marichyasana D on the left side yesterday. Without help. Of course, that was only after multiple rounds of 'research' to open my hips. And the right side is holding out.

Of course, this morning I fell over and got stuck in garbha pindasana and has to be rescued.

Here's an artistic rendition, minus the grunting and sweating (1:27)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unZlXcNZA0w&

Somehow I thought Mari D would be more satisfying. Nope, still painful.