Ashtanga practice

After the ashtanga practice with the instructor Sharon, I felt soooo sore. My abs felt like I just did like 100 crunches the day before. My thighs were super sore. The soreness stayed throughout my body until like 4 days later. I really enjoyed the ashtanga practice. The two stages up to the primary series included alot of repetition of poses. We did the same streching poses over and over and worked a different part of the body out in between. Cobra, Downward dog and lotus were the three poses we kept repeating. I tried to do every pose she should us in the primary series but some were just so difficult and my body would not open in the way the pose needed me to. I did rather good though when I looked around the room and saw that other girls weren't even trying to master the same exact asana. Many of them were trying to do it half-assed. I like to push myself to try and accomplish the poses she was teaching. I am a very strechy and flexible person so some of the poses I enjoyed a lot. She asked if any students wanted her to spot them for a headstand and only like 4 or 5 wanted to. She spotted me and I got my legs to go up, but they would not straighten up. I felt brave in comparsion to the other girls in my class who simply didnt try. I am embracing the yoga adventure currently in my life.  This was a style I truly loved and want to go to Cape may and practice with Sharon during the summer.