Day 8 & 9 - what a difference a day makes!

Day 8, I woke up with an unhappy body. It happens. Left hip, woah. I feel that this has something to do with the fact that I am SUPER nervous to start practicing my yoga therapy with clients who are not my husband – as such the tension in my body is up there. Especially after my not so stellar weekend in terms of work. Practice today? A bit of hips stuff (block/strap and my hip flexors fire… ohhh interesting….) and restorative. Calm down!

Taught 2 classes today – bringing in my principles of yoga therapy, one gentle flow class and one sweaty power class. Pure movement was on the docket and the feedback was great!

 Day 9 – my first client today (well technically my second after my husband)… woke up a little better, off to work. Home and my first client came – super interesting – spinal fusion, knee surgery, shoulders which the physio’s have given up on…. Well he had a pain of 3/10 on the floor and by the end he was pain free!!! Yay! Lots of relaxation with this guy, lots of places to go with him too. Home program given and appointment for next week! Very happy/relieved that it went well. And my little yoga room is the perfect size too!

My practice? Well my  hip was feeling much better after my client left, not 100%, but better. Restorative with bolsters under knees and block at my pelvis – siiiinnnnkkkkkkkk. Block/strap (hip flexors didn’t fire), supported spinal twist, restorative/supported pigeon (bolster under the back thigh for extra support and pelvic stability), tennis ball at the hip on the wall, butterfly, knee drops, ankle to knee, pull overs, top it off with supported child’s pose (2 bolsters – seriously good for my knees). After my 1.5 hour “me session” it was dinner time. I’m probably at a 1-2/10. Much better than the 4’s I’ve been having with some movement. All unraveling…. Interesting that as I let go of compensations that did not serve me, my body tries to claim new ones… keep unraveling and trust the process. I’m loving it and excited about a prospect to help my clients and myself out of pain – we deserve it.