Hello Enrica,
Congratulations for you Challenge, I hope you are enjoying it altogether 🙂
I need more clarity about what you are feeling in your body.
Where exactly do you experience tension? Is it the same everyday or just every now and then? How much water do you drink a day? 30 consecutive days of yoga is quite a challenge for the body. How do you replenish your electrolytes you sweat out during a class?
We all have different bodies, that is definitely true. Some people are stiffer than others. So just because you can’t go into poses very deeply, it doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with your body. Sometimes it can take years to ‘master’ a pose, yoga definitely teaches patience 😉 If your standing leg is bending when you try to put your forehead on your knee, you might just have to spend a bit more time practising that part for a while, without even bending the elbows.
Although you talk about flexibility, from what you described above, to me it sounds like you could do with more core strength (and honestly, who couldn’t?) rather than flexibility. Gabrielle has a great video about how to improve CORE Strength and why it’s essential. It’s the second one from the top 😉 One can be very very thin and flexible and still find it difficult to hold one’s legs up at 90 degrees while lying back. Gaining good core strength may actually be the solution to the soreness you experience after class!
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Namaste,
Andrea
