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200 Days of Yoga: It’s All in My Head

Feb 21, 14

Posted by Melanie in Fitness

  I think I just committed to 200 days of yoga.  As I wrote the title, it seemed right.  I missed my 100 yoga classes in 100 days but I realized that if I extended the time, I could catch up.  I am still down 8 classes, but I can make up those classes and still meet the 200 days of yoga goal.  I had to really think about why I am doing this yoga challenge.  For a while I wondered if I am being obsessive in my daily commitment.  I found it incredibly challenging to be with failing to make my 100 day goal.  Often in my life, not making a goal would make me quit and wander off–losing the benefit of what I was doing.  In this case, I was more interested in digging deep, to keep going, and to try to meet a future goal. When the people at the studio found out I was doing a 100 day challenge, I noticed a little touch of ego.  It got me attention and that worried me.  I don’t want my daily practice to be about feeding my ego.  I want it to be about the practice–me, my mat, and my breath. I have wondered if I could trust myself to let go of my daily routine because I am not sure I trust myself to make good decisions about exercise if I don’t have strong boundaries.  I didn’t like setting a goal that was about me not being good enough to do it without a daily commitment.  It seemed to be coming from fear instead of abundance. I have been really paying attention to why I love daily yoga so much.  There is something I get if I go daily that I wouldn’t get if I went 3 or 4 times a week.  It is rest.  When I am there daily, it is impossible for me to work out hard every day.  I get tired.  My feet hurt.  I get sore.  Going...