Restorative backbends supported by a bolster and blankets. Gentle forward bends performed at four in the morning. This week is totally different again. The course is full of welcome surprises, feeling that very little typical yoga was done this week, and yet it being way more ‘yogic’. This gentle yoga coinciding with a more stressful week at work and sudden wakings in the night hence the three, four o’clock practices. Moving into the last quarter of the course, the essential thing is to breathe and relax with the poses, not just strike ’em.