Every class I take starts with a sun salutation of some form.
I don't like sun salutations.
There I've said it! I don't like the flow, I don't like the order and I don't like the repetitiveness. I understand it's purpose- to ignite the fire and start to focus the mind. I also like the poses in the flow- I just don't like the flow?
Instead of calming the mind and meeting with the mat ready for the following asana, instead I get 10 minutes of monkey chitta vritti going on in my head.
See example of my monkey mind:
Mountain pose- ooh look a spider on the ceiling,
Forward fold- crap I didn't paint my toes nails,
Plank- oh hello stomach muscles, we meet again,
Chaturanga- ummmm teachers not looking, quick belly flop,
Cobra- creaky bones there,
Down dog- oooh stretch that feels nice, little cheeky tail wiggle,
Jump feet- Yup I can do this,
Forward fold- OK near the end, don't look at toes!
Mountain- please not another round, Please!
All that self criticising, self analysis narration going on in my head. I don't know why I don't like it, this is only a recent thing. I'm not sure if it's the drive to practice advance poses later in the class that makes me want to move on or that I am so used to the flow I don't concentrate and focus?
Ahhh focus, that is probably the problem. I've had my frantic rush to class, quick chit chat with fellow yogis, sitting on the mat, listening to teacher..... maybe I'm not focused at the start of class on yoga?
Maybe I'm so hyped up with getting to class that I'm not focused when I start?
Maybe this is the point of sun salutations... getting you focused to start your practice? After a few rounds of this flow I don't like I do feel ready to start practice. Have I just taught myself the lesson?
To test this theory I'm not going to start my next practice with a sun salutation but do it somewhere else in the practice, when I’m more focused and strong and then let's see if I change my mind on the salutations to the sun.
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