Amazing Amazing Amazing practice this morning!

After setu bandhasana I said to Saraswathi, "It's my second week here. At home I practice some of second, may I?" Saraswathi: "what asana?" Me: "Eka Pada Sirsasana." Her: "You do."

So she let me practice all the way through! Her assistant Sam helped me with pasasana and made me keep my heels down. Saraswathi adjusted my bhekasana and turned my hands around the other way from how I was taught so my fingers faces back instead of forward. She adjusted my kapotasana A and made me grab my heels! No one has given me that deep of an assist since Jocelyn Stern. She assisted my lagu vajrasana herself and picked me up into my bakasana B. (I was going to get there on my own! It just takes me a few tries!). Eka pada sirsasana is no problem for me on the right side. I actually just nailed it before leaving for India, and can now hold my hands to my heart for 5 breaths and then grab my foot. However, my left side sucks, but she helped me with it.

OK, here's the best part. I did my backbends. I did my drop backs with Saraswathi. She has me walk my hands in. Then she grabs my right hand and puts it on my ankle. Holy shit, I'm freaking out. I've seen this in videos and photos but I had no idea my body was ready for it. She grabs my left hand and I touch my left ankle but can't grab it. Well, maybe I could if I wasn't freaking out. Tomorrow. For many of you, that made no sense and you are trying to wrap your head around what was grabbing where. Below is a photo of Sharath assisting someone named Paul.

And then I was the last one out of the shala, and the coconut guy was gone. Had breakfast at Santosha with a couple of nice people and chatted with a guy from NYC who taught Pilates at Pure. We had "I used to live in NYC and boy was that tough, haha" talk. On my way home I bought a book and some essentials, and then got a migraine and had to lay down for a bit. I think it's because I didn't get my after practice coconut. When the migraine hit I went out to the other coconut stand to get one and then came home to lay down in the dark. Feeling better. Also did some laundry.

OH and Malissa took me on her scooter (yikes!) to the lake and we had a really nice walk and talk. I'm so happy and lucky that she is here now.

Did I mention the Thali yesterday. Sorry this is in reverse order, but I was SO excited to tell you about my practice today. Susan and I went to FabIndia for some shopping and then ate Thali at Green Leaf. It was amazing. Lots of stuff, my favorite! Pictured below :)