Breathing in and out through the nose ('Mary-had-a-little-lamb') which I never used to do before makes me a bit dizzy after a few minutes, even sort of high at times. When I was four I had to undergo a surgery because my nose tonsil was too swollen and I could not breathe properly. Most of the time I was short of breath. The only kind of breathing I could do was though my mouth. I still remember running though the hospital hall, holding my red shoes by their shoestrings.
At the second yoga class James, the yoga-shala teacher and I had this conversation:
- Put your head on the ground.
- WHAT???
- Just put it on the ground.
- But I can't.
- But you can try, can you?
- Yes.
- That's a good start.
Tonight James tried to convince me that one day I'll be able to do "utthita hasta padangusthasana" which in its most splendid form can look like this:
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I told him I felt like Pinocchio when trying to balance on one foot while holding my toe with two fingers, which basically meant hopping up and down until I lost balance completely and had to put the toe back on the ground again.
Again we came back to the same issue of mindset.
- It's the Pinocchioness of your mind. It's because you think it's weird to stand on one foot. Your head is telling your body it's drunk.
- So how do I get sober?
- Pick a stable spot on the ground. Then focus on it.
And it helped.
I need to think about it again.
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