Who said yoga wasn't dangerous? Apparently it can be with a combination of props and a dose of bad luck.
On May 22nd on day 3 of the 2010 IYAC AGM and Conference, my teacher slipped on a wooden block and broke two bones in her foot. Even in obvious pain she handled herself with grace insisting the show must go on.
Less than two weeks later, some of the same people who had been at the conference were together again in our usual Tuesday night class. My teacher was there too, not as a spectator but in her usual role as teacher. The focus of the class was inversions. My teacher wanted to keep the usual flow and demo some of the poses. So there we were, watching my teacher demo Salamba Sirsasana and Pincha Mayurasana and listening to her joke about how the heavy air cast threw her balance off.
Others would have used the broken foot as an excuse not to do lesser things , let alone a headstand. My teacher wouldn't dream of it.
The lesson: Limits are only in my head. Oh, and keep your flippin' wooden blocks out of the way.
Did I mention the accident happened on my teacher's birthday? Her 69th.
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