Standing Up and Out

Yesterday was brilliant. It was so nice to see the gym filled with people again, happy and warm. With JJ and Mom's assistance I sat at the edge of the matt as I usually do, while JJ took off my shoes. I was working to develop my touching-but-no-pushing relationship with the black box behind my back, it didn't last long though with all the energy in my legs. My legs went straight and I went down on my back, then we did a few basics like knees in and out, while I focussed on feeling the cross over of energy in my hip joints. Going from straight to bent, I could feel the build up of energy in my hips down through my legs. JJ and I discussed where my "snap" comes from on each side, and how I was some what uneven sensation wise between my left and right. After we got up on the boulster with such improved balance that JJ didn't even hold me. We went up onto my knees and at first I was fine, but then the dizziness hit, so I warned JJ because I didn't want to do a header. I sat back down on the bolster, joked with JJ about seeing white elephants and then discussed why I would have felt light headed. JJ explained that because my body hadn't made that movement so perfectly in such a long time, it kind of went into shock and wanted to pull away from it. Understandable. But as we tried a few more times, my body and mind aclimatized to the movement. Once we got down on to my hands and knees I tried to do a few more hits with JJ, it was still hard to try and support my weight without swaying my hips, but I know I'll get there. We even worked on tricep push-ups, while JJ held my shoulders so I could focus on the movement of the muscles rather than supporting my own weight. We did a few more basics, then I rolled over and sat down at the edge of the bed. JJ put the boulster in between my legs, and I knew I was going to stand. Jason was behind us just as a spotter, even though we didn't need one. I stood steadily with my arms just grazing JJ's shoulder, JJ held my hips, and supported my body a little, but it didn't seem like he needed to do much. It seemed like we stood for awhile, even swaying from side to side like a dance helped to bring my hips to a even more stable position. We sat back down smoothly, then everyone took a moment to absorb the beauty and amazingness of the movement we had just created. JJ even laughed and clapped, like a happy kid, which made me even happier. Jason seemed happily surprized too, which was a total bonus.
I worked with Jason on my shoulder and upper body again doing similar excersizes as the day before. We started with the wall, box and my feet, which was better than the day before, still a little awkward because I hadn't sat that way for awhile, but better.
Then we worked on the boulster doing elbow curls, pull-overs and clappers, chest presses, snow-angels and more. When we flipped onto my stomach Jason helped me with my shoulders as we did a cool cobra move that felt so good. After a few push-ups we sat up and I did a few minutes of tricep work with my arms behind me, bending at the elbow while staying straight. Those were killer, but I could feel everything working, I think I'll do that a lot at home.
To finish Jason massaged my shoulders and stretched my arms while shuving his bald head into my back between both scapulas. I never thought that a mans head being jammed in my back would feel so good. I seem to get heads put in odd places while at Path, but hey, whatever works, it's always good for a chuckle.
With good tunes, good people and a good atmosphere the workout was superb. Time flied by, it sucked to leave, but my mind, body and soul are thankful for all that happened within those 2 tiny hours.