phoning kung fu

it's a day off in the middle of the week. however, all sorts of activities have carved up the day. yoga started a bit late, as i made calls back home, and then it abruptly ended at Navasana, from which i went into Savasana, because i needed to continue phoning back to the family. it concerns me not to do closing sequence, so i may do a few closing poses now, an hour after practice, in my apartment. in the afternoon i'm meeting with my financial planner, then visiting the dentist, then going to see a screening of Kung Fu Kid, for which our company gave us free tickets. the film, with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, is a remake of the 1984 film The Karate Kid. i saw a trailer and i'm not sure i agreed with the premise that a foreign kid would be bullied while living in China, for which he needed to learn self defense. however, learning kung fu is akin to learning yoga - a beautiful yogic discipline. several of my foreigner friends living here, both male and female, are interested in it and practice it. The photo is from this source.

by the way, i have learned it's important to give feedback to adjusters. Green Giant had adjusted me earlier in the week in Triangmukka Eka Pada Paschimottanasana by only putting pressure on the bent leg. for my body type, that does not work. because of tightness in the thighs, i tend to list the body to one side, away from the bent leg. so i called him over to show him how it would work for my body type. he asked Cobra Tamer to help translate into Mandarin for him. i said that he needed, with his foot, first set me right up vertical, away from the listing side, then press the back forward, then, if he wanted to, he could put pressure on the bent knee. he understood.