
Currently, no discernable difference between a forward bend and just sitting upright đ
Meeting (yet again) resistance
Regular readers will know that I had an operation on my hand a couple of months ago to counteract the finger-curling effects of the so-called Viking Disease aka Dupuytren’s Contracture.
Iâm happy to report that things have healed well, my Potteresque zigzag scar is looking good, and because I can now put my hand flat on the ground, Iâm able to start doing yoga again
After a two year break, Iâm frankly stunned at how far Iâve regressed. At âpeak yogaâ I was never very flexible, but now a plank of wood would be better able to touch its toes than I.
Whatâs helping is showing up regularly to the point of resistance, and just staying there. In yoga, itâs a physical thing. I lean forward over my legs, my hamstrings say âwoah!â
I donât push beyond the resistance (something thatâs taken me, oh, fifty years to learn not to do), but I just spend a couple of minutes in that place. Sometimes it softens and gives a little, sometimes it doesnât.Â
Youâve already figured out that this isnât about yoga.
Itâs about sitting with the resistance and seeing how it changes.
Seeing how I change.
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