Today was my second worst practice day ever! My body felt like it was cold, filled with liquid cement and I had no energy. I got as far as Marichyasana C and that was about all I could manage before finishing off with the closing asanas.

I’m not giving myself too hard a time though because I know that getting up regularly at 5:30am to practice and doing 5 A  and 5 B sun salutations is quite an achievement. But damn was it tough today! It’s a relief to know these things pass and tomorrow will be different.

Just thought I’d share it in case anyone else is having a tough time.

I’ve noticed over the last year or so that I’ve been practicing Mysore style classes regularly (on average 3 times a week) that I’ve developed a rather sweet tooth. Has anyone else had experience of this?

Perhaps I’m just making excuses to guzzle lots of cake, and chocolate brownies ; )

I also found that I took to drinking coffee in a big way, perhaps a response to getting up at 5:30am. Although I’ve since weaned myself off it and actually feel much less tired without coffee in the morning.

On Friday we sadly said goodbye to Mr Joseph who has been guest teaching at the Brighton Natural Health Centre. For me it was a great month and I did as much practice as I could. I particularly enjoyed doing Utthita Hasta as Joseph is rather tall!

The other highlight was getting really stuck into the back-bends and back-drops. I’d never done back-drops before which was pretty exciting, after getting over the initial terror! Again I think that Joseph’s size was very reassuring. Something interesting Joseph said to me on his last day was that the whole of the primary series was about preparing for doing those back-bends.

Joseph also said he enjoyed his trip immensely and would love to come back next year, so fingers crossed he’ll be back again sometime. I’m also looking forward to a new guest teacher at BNHC and the new insights and experiences that will bring.