I'm nursing an injury right now...it is a challenge, and it could keep me from practicing for a few days. I think it might have occurred when I was climbing over the seats in the car to drag my enormous backpack and the carseat (with my 19-pound child in it) out of the car, loading the carseat in the stroller, and hustling across the street on a very rainy day on Monday. What did I think I was, a yogi? I remember feeling a little strain in an intercostal muscle...but I practiced all week through it. On Friday, the body would have none of my antics. I had to stop, and I have been trying to rest it (apart from, you know, demonstrating jump-back to my students in class this morning...sigh).
What comes with the injury: frustration, a little anger, some worry that I won't get back to practice, fear that it is permanent, some sadness...but there's something else that I haven't been able to identify. Something good and quiet. There's no negotiating with the injury right now, and I can hear my teacher's voice in my head telling me that it won't last long, that somehow feels peaceful. It's not the loudest of the emotions; it sits softly in the corner while the others duke it out. But it's there, and that is promising, I think.
ugh I know that feeling... sorry to hear that. I think injury is a really important part of the practice though. learning how to rest, how to take a step back, how to be gentle with our body...
ReplyDeletedemonstrating jump-backs to your students?? tell me more!!
Thank you for the encouragement, Christina :) LOL...demonstrating to my yoga students (I teach on Saturdays). :) Though one of these days I may find it useful to demonstrate jump-back to my college students!
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ReplyDeleteDear Josh...thank you sincerely for asking. The pain is a little less today; I just have to make sure that I don't burst out laughing, or try to parallel park, or sneeze. I am deeply missing practice, the shala, and my community.
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