Fifty more classes left to meet the challenge and I am loving every minute of it. 50 more times to stretch and kick..50 more times to go back.. all the way back..waaay back..50 more classes to try my hardest to see the back wall of Bikram Yoga Studio's back wall. I have to remind my mind to stay focused 50 more days. My mind takes off in the middle of intense Bikram move to places that it should not be travelling. That is when my legs start wobbling and I loose the focus and I hear the instructor calling us back to our center 10 more seconds to stretch and kick.. harder you kick easier it gets. I am convinced that my mind has its own mind and yoga brings it back.
I was lucky enough to visit the great Angkor Wat temples of Khmer Empire in Cambodia(in 2007). I remember the stories drawn on the temple walls. It seemed like they were so concerned about the balance of life. It was the focus of their life; the snake was stretched by elephants and monkeys. Elephant is pulling the head, monkey pulling the tail of the snake. Under the snake carvings there were carvings related to daily lives of the common people, some cooking rice, some bathing, kids playing etc. These carvings had a profound effect on me. For centuries people strived to stay focused and balance their lives. If it worked for them, balancing and focusing should work for me too.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Starting
I committed myself to”60-day challenge” of Bikram Yoga. It means I will not miss a day of Bikram Yoga for 60 days. I found out about it when I was searching for a Bikram Studio for my son who lives in Palo Alto, CA.
I thought it may help to speed up the winter months and it would be my little secret if I could only keep it to myself that is until I blurted out to Elaine the other evening after a class. Now I am double committed; I can not let myself or Elaine down.
Elaine suggested that I should chronicle my experience on FaceBook for my fellow yogis. So I will try to write about it daily and hope to inspıre others along the way,
Today will be my 7th day and I must admit this commitment has been a bit of an inconvenience since I now have to organize my days around 530 PM class. There was a concert I opted not to go and decided that I didn't have to see that French art movie. These are the few sacrifices so far but I keep thinking about the end result when I will be able to stand on one leg without wobbling and I can already hear Debbie complementing me while I am doing Dandayamana Janushirasana pose. That is one of the rewards worth working towards.
I thought it may help to speed up the winter months and it would be my little secret if I could only keep it to myself that is until I blurted out to Elaine the other evening after a class. Now I am double committed; I can not let myself or Elaine down.
Elaine suggested that I should chronicle my experience on FaceBook for my fellow yogis. So I will try to write about it daily and hope to inspıre others along the way,
Today will be my 7th day and I must admit this commitment has been a bit of an inconvenience since I now have to organize my days around 530 PM class. There was a concert I opted not to go and decided that I didn't have to see that French art movie. These are the few sacrifices so far but I keep thinking about the end result when I will be able to stand on one leg without wobbling and I can already hear Debbie complementing me while I am doing Dandayamana Janushirasana pose. That is one of the rewards worth working towards.
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