Where do I stand ...

... on my Ashtanga path?
Hm, not easy to answer.
I started practising Yoga in summer 2003, but not Ashtanga, it was some kind of Vinyasa Flow Yoga. It was great, because we had a great teacher, I'm sure I will find some words about him in future. One year later I started with Ashtanga, with the same teacher. In the beginning I only practised once per week and only at the class, not at home. This changed in the following two years, Yoga and especially Ashtanga became more and more important to me, it consumed more and more time. I also made some progress, I used to practise full primary series.
The break came in october, 2006. At that time I was so involved in our city-Yoga-scene that I often acted in place for other Yoga teachers and even lead own classes at our university sports center. And this was definitly too much in a too short period of time. My body unmistakably told me that by getting injured. I was caught in the trap that waits for many Ashtanga beginners I guess: too much ambition, too much focus on forms etc. In fact I have been struggling with injuries for the last 1,5 years, which threw me back many, many steps. My main problem are the hamstrings, especially of the left leg, this is my weakest point. Right now there are still the effects of a tendinitis at the tuber ischiadicum (this is my own diagnosis!), but I think I'm on a path of healing now. I definitly learned some important lessons through all this injury stuff, also about anatomy :-).
Due to the injuries I haven't practised Ashtanga for the second half of the last year, instead I returned to Vinyasa Flow variants, because I needed the flexibility to chose the poses that were suitable and to avoid those that were not.
This year I started again with Ashtanga, on a daily basis, but I take it slow, slow, slow. In fact I only practise Surya Namaskaras plus my special hamstring-therapy-program which I developed for my needs. But it's absolutely ok, I'm glad I can do this. And I have good hope that I can add the standing sequence soon.
So my path had reached a little peak about 1,5 years ago and then fell almost back to the ground, but only from a physical point of view. In other areas the path continued climbing the hill, I've gained much insights into my attitude towards practice. And with this new wisdom I'm trying now to build up also the physical path again. :-)