I was told that 60 day Challenge is a life altering experience.
Well, I have to admit after 30 days I can feel and see the changes have been taking place bodily and intellectually. Some of them are simple stuff like, my waistline is smaller, I am more aware of how I stand, walk. I am centered. I do not get irritated easily, I listen better therefore instructions make sense and help me to improve.
The other evening during Bikram class I found myself doing the Tree Pose which has been a challenge for me. It is one of those awkward poses you see in the magazines and think that this is the reason I should not try yoga.
It was unexpected, unintended. It just happened. I was able to do this pose because I listen better. Instructions made more sense than ever. I leaned down from my hips, streched the spine, lifted my buttocks and I was sitting on my one leg.
I have a lot of listening to do before I can perfect my Tree pose. No matter what, I felt like a baby who took her first step.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 25
I have always been an athletic person and started working out in the early 1980s when Jane Fonda called us to aerobic dancing and told us that it was the key to live forever. I run, lifted weights, biked, danced to African music, you name it, I have done it.
Except YOGA. I avoided yoga with all my heart. I found it boring, did not think it was a real exercise. Plus, new age music and the incense they burnt made me nauseous.
As I matured or shall we say, as I got wiser in my choices, I realized my body was aching and my knees were hurting. I knew I had to find a gentler way to work out. I thought swimming was a great option. That lasted several months as my chemically processed hair turned green, I realized that i was spending too much time and money at the hairdresser.
20+ years later, here I am in a 90F degree room with bunch of sweaty people. I am following the stern but detailed directions of my instructors. I try my hardest to bring my baby fingers together, making sure my hips are even, my legs are straight, and I am working on pressing my forehead to my shins without leaving any space between, I want to look like a grilled cheese sandwich, nothing hanging nothing loose, upper and lower body parts pressed to each other. Yes, my friends I am doing Bikram Yoga and loving every minute of it.
Except YOGA. I avoided yoga with all my heart. I found it boring, did not think it was a real exercise. Plus, new age music and the incense they burnt made me nauseous.
As I matured or shall we say, as I got wiser in my choices, I realized my body was aching and my knees were hurting. I knew I had to find a gentler way to work out. I thought swimming was a great option. That lasted several months as my chemically processed hair turned green, I realized that i was spending too much time and money at the hairdresser.
20+ years later, here I am in a 90F degree room with bunch of sweaty people. I am following the stern but detailed directions of my instructors. I try my hardest to bring my baby fingers together, making sure my hips are even, my legs are straight, and I am working on pressing my forehead to my shins without leaving any space between, I want to look like a grilled cheese sandwich, nothing hanging nothing loose, upper and lower body parts pressed to each other. Yes, my friends I am doing Bikram Yoga and loving every minute of it.
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