if you haven't realized by now, i'm pretty much obsessed with bikram yoga. what started back in october as a way to get back on the exercising band wagon has become a full fledged love for this discipline. bottom line, i drank the kool-aid and i want MORE!! you'd think that after a few months of doing the same 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises it would become easy or boring, but it's just the opposite. i keep learning how to do it a little different/better or how to stretch further and so it's actually gotten way tougher!
when i started out, i had a few things that i wanted to work on and i think for the most part i've made good progress and noticeable changes. at least to me since most of you aren't inside my brain so you'll have to trust me on the de-stressing and quieting the mind bit :). i still have a ways to go though, which is a-okay since i don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
tonight i'm going to my fifth class in my 30 day challenge. 30 classes in 30 days, no skipping. it got a little trying already this weekend when i had to wake up early to go to the saturday morning class...i arrived at the studio just 12 hours after i left from my previous class. not a lot of time to hydrate! but it's worth it and i know that there will be days when i want to quit (especially tuesdays when the room feels like it's on FIRE), but i'll keep reminding myself that i'm worth it (oh yes, l'oreal commercial is playing in my head now), so i'm going to kick this challenge in the butt!
after my intro week, i knew i wanted to do a challenge (there are 60 day challenges too) and the timing was just right for me now. mz is working a ton with busy season, saturdays too, so i needed something productive to fill my time. plus i knew it was a 30 day stretch without any planned travel or events - which is so rare. so i went in last thurs, paid my fave teach and committed myself to 30 days of self-awareness. 30 days of healthy, consistent, eating. 30 days of really taking care of myself. 30 days of laundry every stinkin' night. 30 days of feeling tired but invigorated at the same time. 30 days of sweating like no other. 30 days of drinking so much coconut water i might float away. and 30 days of quiet me time...but not in a selfish way. in a way that makes me better at other stuff...like smiling, laughing...ya know, the good stuff.
off to my hot date (literally) with mz and the rest of the crazy bikram yogis in berwyn!
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