I did some shopping today. I bought a couple of light jackets but I didn’t have a good winter coat. I was pretty sure I wanted something interesting–artsy even.
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I have been doing daily yoga for 5 weeks straight. Slow steady change continues to happen. I am still down about 6 or 7 pounds. I am noticing muscles all over my body. I went to a more advanced classes this week and I was able to follow along. I wasn’t able to do the entire class but I was able to get a fantastic work-out and I can see why those classes are so popular. The Moksha 60 class is still my very favorite. It is an amazing marker of my progress in the last 35 days. I haven’t ever done anything like this before and it is mind blowing to see what daily practice can achieve–although the word “achieve” isn’t quite right because the practice and showing up daily are my only goals. I really try to listen to my body each class. I still can’t do the postures on my knees: the reclining hero series just doesn’t work for me when I can’t sit on my heels. My knees just don’t bend that much…yet. I am working on them and hope there will be a time I can do them. When I am in child’s pose, I push back on my heels and “work on” sitting back. I am sore almost every day in my muscles. I feel so grateful to be able to exercise at this level. Especially when I think that 2 years ago we were having conversations about getting a wheel chair to use when I needed to walk a long way. I am starting to know many of the teachers and a few other people at the studio, mostly by sight. I say hello to the teachers and I am so impressed by how many remember my name. I have met a few people. It is a pretty quiet place and I don’t feel called to step out of the quiet to talk to people very often. I think about having completed the 30 day...
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I have been doing yoga now for 28 days straight. I started with a 21 day challenge and then signed up for a 30 day challenge that was starting near the end of my 21 days. I just completed day 28 and thought I would give you an update about what is happening with me now. First and foremost, I have lost 7 pounds. While the first part of the challenge was about tolerating the heat, now I can focus on diet, and I can make it through most of the physical parts of the yoga practice. I have added in the Fast Metabolism Diet and it is a great fit with the 30 day challenge. I am starting to feel muscles all over my body. It is exciting to see muscles growing. I am feeling peaceful toward my family and more in control of my life in spite of the huge time commitment of the challenge. I am feeling more gentle with my family–more connected with Mel. I have noticed that I am craving more time with the boys. Getting up early to do yoga and my rush into the kitchen just in time to do lunches keeps me from morning snuggles in bed and getting them up and dressed. Doing some afternoon classes might be a good idea but those times continually get sucked up by something else. The early morning class is the one reason this is successful. Nothing gets in the way of a 6:30 class. I love that! I am now able to do most of the poses. I feel strong and vibrant as I move from pose to pose and I am better and better able to participate in each one. I hear the voices of the teachers from the previous days of classes in my head as I stretch into each pose trying to get each angle right, to stretch my body to make the best possible pose. I feel like it is happening. I...
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This week I accidentally scheduled a bunch of services for myself all in the same week. I thought I would write about them.
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