Celebrate good times, come on!

I'm supposed to be unpacking right now... but I have to share how wonderful it was to start a class with no pain/soreness in my hips, or anywhere for that matter. Maybe because I had to miss Sunday training to move, my body got extra rest. Though I was just there Saturday... and I was moving things up four flights of stairs all Sunday...hmmm... can't be the rest.....Either way, I didn't have to do half an hour of semi-uncomfortable warm ups just to get things moving. All the stars were aligned tonight: I wasn't hungry, I was hydrated, I was pain-free, and I wasn't tired. And with a chi-filled class of 40 it was time to rock n roll.

Everything was easy (funny to be able to say that when I still spent the whole time breathing heavy and sweating like.. I don't know... something sweaty...) But I wasn't nearly as short of breath as usual (partly in thanks to long lines) and my muscles weren't crying and my joints weren't aching - Wow I sure make kung fu sound fun -Seriously though, I half wondered if I was being lazy or something in my basics without knowing it, because I felt so loose and so not-exhausted. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Have I broken some beginner's barrier as I approach my one year mark? Or was it just a good day? Whatever the cause I hope it keeps happening; I was so close to trying the Erluquan sweep on my own. But having already started practicing it at home, I can fairly say I don't think all my chi could have made it look less disasterous. I did, however, get my calves onto the floor during my straddle stretch, which actually might mean I'm hyperextending at the knees, but baby I was down there. Now if only I could harness my chi into unpacking some boxes.....