I have been doing ashtanga yoga for the past 6 months. I am constantly learning new poses and getting deeper into them.
But my nervous system is a wreck for many hours after morning practice. Shavasana doesn't seem to help even if I extend it to 10 mins. The only thing that gets me back into equilibrium is to take a 20 min afternoon nap (and I can’t do that after every practice session).
It probably doesn’t help that I’m currently learning Sirsasana, which is quite demanding. There’s definitely a bit of a “high” from that, and I suspect it carries into the rest of the finishing sequence.
I could understand my nervous system being so amped up in the beginning but it’s been a while and I am finding it hard to dial it down even after 6 months. Does this get easier? Am I doing something wrong - perhaps over extending during practice that causes these issues?