Hi Amy
Firstly, I would really like to ask you what success you have in actually getting your shoulders on the floor. That can be easy for some, difficult for many and impossible for others. Where do you lie in this spectrum?
OK you asked a why and a how question…
Why did it crop up now and not when you first started? Your body is probably experiencing some opening up and healing. You have heard the onion metaphor of peeling away layers. Well it is kind of like that. Your body has been operating in a certain way for a time, and you have developed your own system of storing injuries and imperfections (whether obvious or not). Your envelope of movement is expanding. Your yoga is revealing changes that are occurring in your body and mind, incrementally. So while you couldn’t feel it 20 classes ago, your body is now opened up sufficiently to take you to a new level. It is all good news methinks 😉
How? Should you do it differently? Well that could depend on the answer you give to the top question about your shoulders. We can get to that after I hear back from you, but you could do a little experiment til then… try introducing a little space between your arms (in order to straighten them a touch) and tell me if your elbows still hurt when you do that.
Awaiting your response :cheese:
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
