why fun energy

At 7:00am I reminded myself I would need to get ready to go to the shala around 7:30am. At 7:30am I told myself to get ready. At 7:40 I changed in to my outdoor weather clothes while asking myself, why am I going? I'm going to do Primary. Where is the joy? Hmm, there is suffering. I pull out the Matthew Sweeney Vinyasa Krama. The moon sequence looks like fun to do. I look at his book on Ashtanga. I ask myself, why not attempt Third series poses, the way I do it, in it's hideous imperfection? That sounds like fun. That is the mental chatter going on. The time passing means that now I need to practice at home, because going to the shala now means there might not be space. I changed into my practice pants and practiced at home.

Didn't David Swenson say the only reason to do yoga is to have fun? If you are not enjoying it you should not be doing it. Between Sweeney's book and Arjuna's website for the count, I did Third series stuff. I think I'm doing an age-appropriate practice, one non-harming to myself.

By vasisthasana my energy was rising. The pain in the lower left back was a memory. My Kasyapasana looked more like a one leg dead bug pose with substitution. But hey. The image of dead bug pose is from this site.