A little holiday with a friend

For me, doing the ashtanga practice and NOT having to rush to work afterwards is a luxury, a holiday. My firend "K" and I had agreed to go and have a nice no-hurry breakfast in a nice café after the practice today, and that felt like a day off work, although I went to work towards 11 am.

I am tired of having pain somewhere all the time (well, most of the time). To get rid of the tightness in the hamstrings, I studied the trigger point theraby book last night and massaged them. Resutl: they are sore now... But trigger points would explain the troubles: the shortened muscles and tightness, slight pain, and the fact that for a muscle with the trigger points, stretching does not bring any benefits. So I was sitting on the floor with a baseball under my "hams". My right shoulder was also sore from the triggering effect of shoulderblade yesterday. One day all this will be gone (and new problems will have arrived!). I am, however, convinced about the benefits of the trigger point therapy, but it requires some effort and patience.

Did up to bhekasana today, and it went almost smoothly. I am getting stronger little by little.