This is the end of our second full day at the beach. I got up early and practiced for an hour and a half. It’s hard practicing on carpet, but the kitchen floor, the only hard floor, is slightly sticky from humidity, and not quite big enough.
Around noon we went out for a swim. After jumping around in the water for a while, I stood on shore with the waves coming up over my feet and legs, watching my husband swim and enjoying the sun.
The shoreline slopes down to the waves quite a bit, so I decided to do a couple of standing poses with my front foot going up the slope. It was a little tricky, because the wave action pulled sand out from under my back foot, and because watching the movement of the waves made my balance a little cockeyed. The hamstring stretch felt good.
I was in Trikonasana (triangle), looking down at my front foot, when I realized the sun was directly overhead, and my body was acting as a giant sundial. I could see my alignment perfectly in my shadow beneath me! It looked pretty good, but I made a couple of slight adjustments based on what I saw and felt the improvement. It was almost like standing on a mirror.
The feedback was fascinating. I’m going to do it again tomorrow.
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