I’m still alive don’t worry.
Mar 9th
HELLO! Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Been busy with school and I was in VEGAS for the weekend! For a family wedding..it was a lot of fun. I also celebrated 5 months of contortion training and being a part of the lovely contortion community on March 6th 
I just stretched my back out today after like a week :O bad bad bad. I haven’t really lost any flexibility; I was just a little stiff and my muscles weren’t as strong so I couldn’t push myself today. I’m hoping to stretch everyday in this next month; I really want to improve!
This month I want to mainly focus on my back, since I focused on my legs last month. I’m still gonna do legs of course. Maybe I’ll get to start oversplits soon?!? My left split barely feels like anything; except when I go into it the first time. It’s still a bit tight but after a few seconds I’m all the way down. My right split still needs some work; although I can get all the way down.
My goal is to have a chest stand by my birthday (May 10th). Possible? Impossible? It kinda sucks because I can’t do the generic stretch for it because it bends at my lower back, which I can’t do. My upper back isn’t flexi enough yet. So I’m gonna work on straight leg bridges and work on pushing my shoulders over to loosen the upper back. Anyway, just wanted to fill you in, whoever reads this. HW time eh.
Holy crap!
Feb 23rd
I feel like I’ve improved a lot within the past week or so! One of the few exciting things in my life haha. My room smells like that stuff you lick on envelopes..yum.
Anyway…new videoooo! And some pics. I just realized I forgot to do the cobra pose in the vid because I CAN TOUCH MY FEET TO MY HEAD NOW IN IT! Haha. Oh and I GOT MY RIGHT SPLIT DOWN TODAY! I can feel that my left hip flexor is really tight from never really being good at right splits. I can still get down further but at least I felt the ground! Success Vid & Pics:
Update.
Feb 19th
Stretching has been going well. Finally! I really like this alternating legs/back routine. I feel like it’s really helping my flexibility. I can now touch the bottoms of my feet to my head in a cobra! I’m doing back stretching today so I’ll take a pic of this. I almost have my right split all the way down, and my left split goes down every time but I still have to push it down a little. I’m waiting for my split to feel like nothing when I stretch it so that I can move on to oversplits!
I’m planning on adding more to the ‘exercises’ part of this blog soon, because I found some really good back stretches.
This weekend is going to suck. I have 3 tests to study for, one that is due on Sunday because it’s for an online class. But it’s gonna be quiet in my house so I can actually concentrate. I dunno what’s wrong with me; I’m having the hardest time focusing and getting my ass in gear to study. I still need to do really well this semester for when I transfer, even though they won’t see my grades until I get accepted and have to send my transcripts :/ Anyway, time to read my math book so I can understand it in class.
I should be studying.
Feb 10th
Hello everyone…I should be studying for my first calc test but I made time for you 
I have not been able to stretch much, just because I’ve been busy. I don’t have anything planned until March now soooo I only have stretching and school on my mind. I just did legs today. It’s really hard to follow this leg/back switch off days routine! I want to stretch my back everyday but that will probably bother it. I feel like I am missing out on valuable stretching time by skipping out…but then it’s like why am I rushing? Just because it’s exciting to get to a higher level.
Anyway..I’m gonna try to stick to it…no promises on the weekends though because I have more time. I think I’m gonna try a new leg stretch on Friday or perhaps tomorrow..I don’t really have a problem with stretching middles everyday. I was gonna get two chairs and do middles on the cushy part….ow. Oh well I’ll get flatter faster.
Ok now I really have to study. Since I can’t figure out how to write in Russian on here…das vidanya!
Happy 4 months!
Feb 6th
Happy 4 months of contortion training to me! Haha. Well I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in these past few weeks but I think if I just take it slow, I’ll be fine Looking forward to improving a lot in this next month! Here’s what I want to focus on:
-getting left and right splits totally flat
-backbend further in a pigeon stretch or in a split when I get those flat
You know what would be really handy? Stall bars! Or even this stretch gym apparatus:
I just want SOMETHING to be able to help me do backbends; even if it was just that slanted pole. It’s hard to use furniture sometimes and harder to just put your hands on the floor on either side of you and push back. 
One day.
Tengo hambre!
Feb 2nd
Well I stretched my back today. It feels fine! I just took it slow and only stretched for about an hour. My bridge is closer and my backbend in a pigeon is better than my vid from a few days ago! Amazing. I’m gonna try to stick with this off/on routine.
Haha, for my bio 2 class we have to do this body temp experiment at home and we can’t exercise during the day we do it :/ I might do it on thursday/friday because I have a short school day friday.
Oh, I was chatting with someone from CU today and they said that the Mystic Pixies started training at the Circus Center in SF!!! That’s where I wanted to take a contortion class!!! Awesome. Three of the mystic pixies are now in the Cirque show Kooza; those amazing contortionists. I dunno I just thought that was kind of cool Back to studying O Chem D:
Rethinking..
Jan 31st
After thinking about my last post and what has happened today…I think I just need to chill and LISTEN TO MY BODY. If I’m not feeling up to par, then I rest. That’s it. I think I might start doing alternating stretch days like legs one day and then backbending the next day…I know some other people that do that. We’ll see. I’m still too full for fruity pebbles.
Frustrations.
Jan 31st
Gah! I hate my body sometimes. My back doesn’t hurt while I’m stretching, but if I sit for too long it hurts. All day long. After I was done stretching yesterday and was uploading/editting the video I was sitting on the couch for I duno, maybe an hour…and then my back hurt mostly the rest of the night. Ridiculous! I do slouch a lot…that’s probably why. Or I sit really weird like I’ll have more weight on one side of my back because one leg is curled under me, I duno. I guess I just need to sit in back-approved positions haha.
And my back has hurt today pretty much since I woke up These are the kinds of things that make me question if my body can handle this. I SO want to be able to bend! It’s like one of the only things I REALLY want. And I might not be able to. Ugh!! Hopefully it is just soreness because I didn’t really stretch for 3 days and then stretched yesterday…hopefully. I need like a psychic healer to use their powers on me. It’s funny…I’ll imagine my L5 in my head…putting tape around it..healing the broken pieces. Imagining my osteoclasts/osteoblasts going to work; making new bone. But nothing happens. Maybe I just need a little faith? Eh. My mom’s bf is an orthopedic surgeon who believes people shouldn’t be ‘too flexible’ so I know he doesn’t support what I’m doing, especially with my back. Most people I know don’t support it actually. Screw it. I really want a bowl of fruity pebbles right now but I’m not even hungry haha. Maybe in a few hours…Time to relax.
Another vid and photo before bed!
Jan 31st
I wasn’t totally satisfied with my other video today..I feel like I haven’t improved much. Hopefully with this new stretching routine I’m doing things will change. Here’s a quick vid to redeem myself:
And here’s a still:
