So my side was feeling a lot better (like just a small twinge of pain when pressed just right) so I decided to resume rolling but paying attention to how it felt and stopping if I felt any pain. Was careful, didn't do front rolls since I hadn't practiced them, back rolls I took only to the shoulder and didn't go over (so more back rock than back roll), and only did side rolls fully. And now my fucking side hurts almost as bad as it did 3 weeks ago.
I doubt the doc's office is open today so tomorrow I get to play the "how long do I have to wait to get an appointment" game. Then I need to see if it could be technique related which should be interesting because the doc probably doesn't know how the rolls are done to know if it could tweak the muscle and the sensi isn't a physiologist to know if the roll could tweak the muscle.
Really, the annoying part is just having to deal with figuring out what is going on. Having the training interrupted sucks but isn't a terribly big thing.
IRT the spirituality thing: On Thursday we were to have a beginner's class with one of the sensis (she is co-owner of the dojo along with her husband who is head sensi) but she wasn't feeling well. Before class she gathered us around to explain what was going on and basically said that the mood she was in would be reflected in how she lead the class and we would get that same energy. So after not being able to find any black belts who could fill in we were lead by one of the elder non-black belt students. Since he didn't have much training on leading and setting the correct spiritual environment we skipped that part of the warm up and ended up doing a rather physical class. We, considering the weather and how many of the class were feeling, a very welcomed thing.