Was the Moon "Just Right"?

I joined the "Yoga Lovers" team on Sparkpeople a few months ago and I took part in the April Yoga Challenge. I'm not sure where "competitive drive" falls in avidya, but I'm sure it's a branch of it somewhere. I'm doing it in good spirit and to help encourage me and others to practice more often. To be par with this month's challenge, I had to had to practice yoga twice today. I did some this morning after exercise, then this evening I attended Kathy's Ashtanga class.

The Ashtanga class felt REALLY GOOD. Maybe it was the early morning warm up? Maybe it was the tone of Kathy's class and the centered energy of the yoga practitioners in there? Maybe it was the fact that the moon is just right? I felt right on and my practice flowed smoothly, except for when I had no clue which pose was next. But even this I worked through my feelings of discomfort and dissatisfaction with my lack of knowledge. Reminding myself that I'm just beginning and no one was criticizing me, I dissolved the negative energy and refocused. I would just hold a pose until Kathy's signal, or someone else reminded me which pose was next.

Oh! The handstand was great! Not perfect at all. I don't think I held it for more than two breaths. But I felt my feet WANT to go up. And it was one breath more than I did before. As unsteady as it was, it made me smile that it was going so well.