Restore

My left shoulder feels better, but now my right shoulder hurts! Both shoulders were weak after doing shoulder exercises in an Iyengar class a week and a half ago. As a result I decided to take it easy during yoga until it healed. However, I still have my good habit in place to do backbends at 3 pm, to revive my energy at work, and it didn't occur to me to modify my backbend practice. Alas, on Thursday or Friday, I felt weakness in my left shoulder while standing up from a back bend, so I shifted my weight to my right side, and as a result hurt my RIGHT shoulder. It felt like I pulled a small muscle in my shoulder joint. It still hurts pretty badly today. Yesterday morning at home I did a restorative practice. I plan to do more restorative poses today after work at home (instead of going to a yoga class like usual). Yesterday I reviewed my class notes to remember what we learned in our classes about restorative yoga, and I also read the chapter about restorative yoga in Cyndi Lee's book, Yoga Body, Buddha Mind. There is a restorative sequence in the book that I plan to try tonight.