This week’s class video:

Side Crow / Parsva Bakasana

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Does anybody really SEE BOTH SIDES?

I'm gonna say no.

If only because you never really know what's IN your blind spot, right? I figure it's always best to assume that I'm probably missing something.

Anyway, I get into all kinds of discussions with people about moving with their "good side” or “bad side" and how they prefer this or that from the right but not the left or vice versa…

I get it, but sometimes you've GOTTA give the less favored side some attention.

Twisting's really good for that. And twisting is the whole point of this flow.

You get into LENGTHENING through the sides of your body and then turning right & left and maybe it sounds like no big deal but YOU can twist as you're reading this right now and feel how your body loosens up afterward.

Twisting helps get you UNstuck.

The actual pose is fine, if you like arm balances. I find it kind of uncomfortable myself -- my torso's stubby, without much space between the ribs & pelvis, so I have to work to hold my Side Crow.

Yoga's weird. The poses put you in strange positions. Your body will complain and strain, but you'll feel fresh & limber when you're done!