Newtohotyoga

Thank you, Gabrielle!

Fortunately, I read your post before I left for my class this morning. Fortunately, we actually had some “liquid bandage” stuff in the medicine cabinet. And, most importantly, it really helped.

This morning, I was very aware of how much I use my toes in class. Today I concentrated on keeping the big toes relatively inactive and relying on the balls of my feet. The poses where the toes seem to get very involved are definitely during the chaturanga/updog/downdog sequence that is done over and over in my hot yoga class. It’s challenging for me to move to quickly anyway. The pace of the class if much quicker than I’m used to. I’m working hard to keep up.

Keeping my awareness on using the rest of my feet, and not just the toes, probably prevented some more ripping. 🙂

Do you have any suggestions or info about where the feet should be during the sequence I mentioned? The teacher says roll on the toes to get from asana to asana.

Thanks again!