Nina73

Hi Gabrielle!

Thanks for your explanation!

I paid more attention to particular things I was doing that were aggravating my left-right difference in my last Bikram class. As I am a relative beginner, there are still so many things I am trying to pay attention to, so often I was too busy to think about the left/right side specifically! But I did have a good look at myself in the mirror during the floor bow pose and, like you suggested, I could tell that not only was my right foot up higher than my left, my right shoulder was pulled further back than my left, too. It was like I was actually curving to the right rather than squarely facing the mirror. Rather than focusing on my feet I tried to focus on my shoulders, and I pulled my right shoulder forward so that my top half was square with the mirror again. This immediately also pulled my right leg down a bit so that my feet were more at the same level too!

I also tried to pay attention to the half moon pose, but at the moment I am still struggling with that one anyway, regardless of the left-right difference. I’m working very hard to incorporate the teacher’s instructions while I’m in the pose but the right alignment just hasn’t “clicked” for me yet. I even asked one of the teachers to have a look at my alignment during the pose and adjust it for me, which she kindly did and I was nicely aligned that day, but the next day I couldn’t quite figure it out on my own again. But I’ll keep working at it!

You were also right in that I found some (many, in fact) habits in every day life that may effect the curvature of my spine! I ALWAYS have one leg pulled under me when I sit on a chair, for example. Most of the time I don’t even notice I’m doing it. Trying not to do that any more now, though.

Nina