Six days a week?

During the last week I followed the traditional Ashtanga practice rules and practiced from sunday to friday six days in a row. In fact that was the first six-days-practice-week for some time. I don't accomplish it very often, most of the times I practice on five days. And since last week I sometimes had the thought, that perhaps it is not good and recommendable for everybody to practice so often. On wednesday I had that glorious practice I wrote about but the day after was just the opposite. It was not so much the body but my mind was only resistance. Barely I dragged myself through some Suryas and some more poses. Hard. My body almost never causes bad practices - ok, except something hurts - but what is really bad is if the mind is not willing. If there is some deep reluctance somewhere inside what makes you think 'I want to stop' all the time, then a good practice is almost impossible.
Friday was ok, a good solid practice. I thought that perhaps the extensive practice on wednesday and the practices on the days before were a little bit too much and I needed some rest on thursday. In such situations I don't know if it is only the laziness and my weaker self who doesn't want to practice or if it is really the need for some rest. Hmm ... perhaps one learns to differentiate over the time.
If you want to practice six days a week you have to balance your practice very carefully and take care that it is not too much. Hmm, I wonder how the students in Mysore manage this ... perhaps this is exactly what a good teacher can do for you, he adjusts your practice so that you can do a six-days-practice-week without getting too exhausted or reluctant.

The weekend was great, we were at a club saturday night, dancing all night, something I haven't done for a looooong time. It was nice. But of course the sunday was almost over when we finally got out of the bed. However I managed to do a short decent practice. Now it is easier for me to practice on free days, I simply get up and do it. If it isn't the first thing I do on a free day, the probability is high that I don't do it at all. Today moonday, tomorrow I want to go to a Mysore class.

And on thursday I'm flying to Malaga *Yippiee*. A nice long weekend in the sunny, warm (compared to here) south of Spain. I'm visiting my sister who is living there for some months. I'm happy. Hopefully I'll manage to post some photos.