We're at the half-way mark! We've completed all 20 Asana Workshops, which really means, asana poses beyond count.

Week Two is about getting beyond the physical workouts and coming to terms with reading and learning. Sore muscles are no longer an issue; it's time to get some serious reading done. It was the week of anatomy pop quiz and baby steps in teaching poses. It was the week of ?By now you should know this'.

Personally, it was about tidying my notes and making sense of my own scribbling. It was about the great self-discovery that I could now do certain poses that I previously could not do. It was also about pacing, being aware and taking care of our bodies, especially when this course is so intense that any severe wear and tear can literally put you out of the class.

So week two was really learning this truth the hard way. As much as I want to have enough core muscle to do this and enough flexibility to do that, I can only really do so much and leave the rest for time (and gravity). While I am proud to say that my body is still all intact, I did learn my lessons. Earlier in the week, I over-stretched my right hamstring in trying the monkey pose. So imagine my frustration now that I am flexible enough to bend to a straight left leg but not a right. And I learnt what muscle fatigue was: I actually over-exerted myself and the fatigue resulted involuntary muscle spasms, twitches and cramps.

Today is the first day since the course started that I did not practice at home and did not do any exercise. I can only do myself the service of resting my body sufficiently so the twitching will die down and I'll be in good shape to work it out again on Monday.

Hint: the tibia is the long bone in your leg that is connected to your toes. The other one is the fibula. So remember T for toe and you won't get it wrong.