Nairam’s Roads

This morning I had a great practice. It was hard to wake up, since yesterday I ran for about an hour (I guess more than my usual 3 miles, although it’s hard when the first half of the trip is uphill) and then went to the swimming pool to do some laps. Anyhoo, I managed to get up early and start practice by about 8:15 am. I felt pretty strong throughout and fairly bendy (I had the best hasta padas to date). And D promoted me to Marichi C (very hard on one side) and my first back bends (which were also tough–I was able to raise my head from the floor thanks to D’s help; the nice thing was when he added: “One day you’ll love this, mark my words”… I believe him ).

So, great progress. The only thing is that in the very last attempt to jump through I broke my right pinky toe. At least, it made a horrid noise as it crashed against my Manduka. D heard it and adviced to ice it asap. He also noted that unfortunately there was little I could do apart from taping it properly (to the next toe) and waiting for it to heal. 

I tried to take it with high spirits; at some point I had to had some injury, right? It comes at a bad time because my whole practice is getting momentum, as are my running and swimming, and I don’t want all of it to get interrupted… I’m particularly concerned about the running, which was starting to feel stronger. But maybe I’ll be able to do activities that don’t require so much play with the toes in the next few days–maybe the step master and the stationary bike? I should also try the swimming as soon as I see that stepping is not so painful anymore. And, of course, I would like to go back to Yoga practice as soon as the pain subsides. To make matters worse, right now I cannot drive (an issue with the timing of my visa renewal and a US government letter I need to renew my driver’s license once the visa has been renewed; the bottom line is that despite my efforts my driver’s license just expired two days ago and I still don’t have the letter for the DMV that would allow me to get the new license). Oh well.

Just to get a sense of how long the toe is going to take to recover, I’ll probably get an X-ray to find out if I really fractured the bone (I hope not). In the meantime, a lot of ice before I tape it…