It’s been over a month now since I tweaked my shoulder coming into an upward facing dog. I haven’t had a nagging injury like this since the great hamstring pull of 2003; that took forever to heal. I’m trying to take my own advice on yoga injuries and not practice on it. I know this is the way to heal, but it’s been making me grumpy! Until I decided that instead of dwelling on all the poses I can’t do, I’m going to try to make the most of those I can do: in particular, forward bends. Even before the great hamstring pull of 2003 (see above), my hamstrings have been a bane. They are so quick to tighten up when not stretched regularly. So this is my practice now, and I’m actually looking forward to it. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Making Lemonade originally appeared on About.com Yoga on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 12:06:12.

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