So over @ilovesweat’s he’s been naming some bad habits in his Bikram practice. I left a comment about my bad habit, inadvertently revealing 2 other bad habits!
When I first started at the studio I remember the teachers being tough about using washcloths or handkerchiefs as props during poses. You could use one, but you had to have yourself and your prop set up with the rest of us. No extra fuss. So, I pointed out that during Dandayamana-JanuShirasana, slipping the ball of the foot into the palm hardly works with the cloth in the way, so my bad habit is to wrap the cloth around my foot and relace my fingers. Lots of fuss, but I do try to be discreet.
As you can imagine, I was called out for using that hanky AT All. @MeiNg challenged me to go without my prop and gave a suggestion for improving my sweaty grip.
Try interlacing up the webbing, and imagine you’ve got an orange in between your interlaced fingers and you’re gonna give it a CRUSH OF DEATH.
At my next class, I didn’t use my prop and tried crushing an orange instead. It hurt. Talking about it tonight with @jaynesave I told her I crushed the sides of my feet and she immediately knew what I had missed in the advice. Imagine you’ve got an orange in between your interlaced fingers...
Crush with the fingers not the palms! Ouch, my poor feet!
Tomorrow I will crush the orange between my fingers, interlaced to the webbing. I can hardly wait.
