When I checked in at Bikram yoga at 7:45 this morning, I wrote “yes, I amaze myself”. After 3 glasses of wine and up talking to my husband til almost 1am, this morning my eyes opened promptly at 5:45, I was out of bed at six and felt amazing! Last night I told my husband yoga this morning was negotiable, but I felt so good, there I was at 8am, toes together, ready for pranayama breathing! Theree people pointed to me and said, “Hey! You don’t come on weekends!”. I said, “I know, but today I am amazing myself. “
The room was extra hot today and people were complaining before we started. But I knew I wasn’t going to have a breathing problem today because it’s only 35 degrees outside with very low humidity. I was right. Others had such problems, but I had a calm, amazing, class experience. The heat and sweat actually feel wonderful to me now and my body craves it like a drug. As long as the humidity is not over 40%, I can fully participate with even a smile on my face now. For 10 weeks, I had to concentrate so hard, my daughter said I looked angry during class. (when spring comes I’ll be a beginner back on my knees, but all winter I’ll be a rockstar)
Thus, my experience this week: I knew more inside me was about to change. A couple rough classes, soreness in different places that doesn’t last, and extreme fatigue, always preclude another major change in my body systems. Over 10 weeks, I’ve learned this pattern about myself. Today my instructor said, “Your body is reconstructing from a cellular level”, and it struck me just how very right that is. Today I set myself up for a wonderful day with my husband, Xmas shopping in Hyannis and going to the festival of trees at the Kennedy museum. Life couldn’t be better.
And so, as another day is going by, I now believe Bikram is as necessary as food and a daily shower, and….I have written.
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