Wednesday, January 03, 2007
maha challenge, day six
One-fifth of the way through!
And almost an entire week in...
There wasn't so much a specific theme to tonight's class, which was mercifully a little smaller still than the night before. Maybe Wednesday is the night most people take off.
Instead of a theme or meditation, Mira asked for three or four poses that the more experienced students had trouble with a year ago. It was an interesting approach to class and proved ultimately rewarding.
My stamina had been waning the past few days, so today I made a conscious effort to give my body as much fuel as I could stomach. That meant a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a mid-morning Clif bar, a tempeh sandwich and pita chips with hummus for lunch, and another Clif bar in the late afternoon shortly before leaving the office. I've also restarted my daily multi-vitamin and I've started taking l-lysine, which is an essential amino acid not naturally produced by the human body.
Those of you who know me are probably wondering what the hell is going on with me. I've never been so focused on my health. Hell, I've never even thought about my health.
I've been goading and prodding many of you to join me on this auspicious journey, and I'm doing so because I think you would reap many of the same benefits that I am discovering - physically, emotionally and spiritually - along with some benefits that would be unique to you.
In the past week, I've had one friend who I don't see very often ask me if I've gotten taller. Another friend has told me I'm totally changed and happy (and that she misses the old 'gloomy Gus' - thanks a lot, Melissa!).
You don't have an excuse not to join me. I just started a new job and have been thrust into a full schedule of meetings upon meetings, so "I don't have time" won't fly.
I'm essentially a 130 pound weakling who's discovering strength I never knew I had, so "I'm too tired at the end of the day" doesn't hold water.
There are people of all shapes, sizes and ability levels in classes - many just as wobbly and red-faced as me, so "I'd be embarrassed about how I'd look" is totally without merit.
Come on, challenge yourself. It'll be good for your body and good for your soul. And it'll be fun to share this experience with you.
That said, don't do it for me.
Do it for you.
And as we say, Namaste.
And almost an entire week in...
There wasn't so much a specific theme to tonight's class, which was mercifully a little smaller still than the night before. Maybe Wednesday is the night most people take off.
Instead of a theme or meditation, Mira asked for three or four poses that the more experienced students had trouble with a year ago. It was an interesting approach to class and proved ultimately rewarding.
My stamina had been waning the past few days, so today I made a conscious effort to give my body as much fuel as I could stomach. That meant a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a mid-morning Clif bar, a tempeh sandwich and pita chips with hummus for lunch, and another Clif bar in the late afternoon shortly before leaving the office. I've also restarted my daily multi-vitamin and I've started taking l-lysine, which is an essential amino acid not naturally produced by the human body.
Those of you who know me are probably wondering what the hell is going on with me. I've never been so focused on my health. Hell, I've never even thought about my health.
I've been goading and prodding many of you to join me on this auspicious journey, and I'm doing so because I think you would reap many of the same benefits that I am discovering - physically, emotionally and spiritually - along with some benefits that would be unique to you.
In the past week, I've had one friend who I don't see very often ask me if I've gotten taller. Another friend has told me I'm totally changed and happy (and that she misses the old 'gloomy Gus' - thanks a lot, Melissa!).
You don't have an excuse not to join me. I just started a new job and have been thrust into a full schedule of meetings upon meetings, so "I don't have time" won't fly.
I'm essentially a 130 pound weakling who's discovering strength I never knew I had, so "I'm too tired at the end of the day" doesn't hold water.
There are people of all shapes, sizes and ability levels in classes - many just as wobbly and red-faced as me, so "I'd be embarrassed about how I'd look" is totally without merit.
Come on, challenge yourself. It'll be good for your body and good for your soul. And it'll be fun to share this experience with you.
That said, don't do it for me.
Do it for you.
And as we say, Namaste.
Labels: challenge, personal, self-care, yoga
