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Sunday, May 11, 2008

AcroYoga!

Today was my very first formal training in AcroYoga, and it was everything I imagined and dreamed... pure bliss!

All together exhillirating, exhausting, exciting, and purely activating!

I did an inverted flying backbend that was deeper than anything I've ever been able to accomplish through belly down physical straining... and it was so *natural*, gravity and trust doing all the work..

The *trust* component was truly profound in this practice... and unexpectedly, it took on two components... one, naturally, was trust in your partner... smiles were *so* important here, so many times you would come face forward inches away and a simple smile would be perfect acknowledgement.

The surprising side of the trust equation was trust in myself... that I had the ability to hit these poses, and that I had the ability to trust another to sit / arch so precariously and perfectly upon their feet.

Backbend with full grasp of feet, and the throne pose, atop a girl 70 pounds lighter than me, these were trusting, wonderful, precious moments.

And, as our Todd (our guide and teacher) said at the end of the practice, "This is only the beginning!"

Amen. Namaskar. :)