Day Two

11:15 and i should be asleep because i will be up in a few hours for a 5:45AM yoga class. 5:45AM!!! what was i thinking agreeing to that???

earlier today i kept thinking i should meditate more in class but radio told me what i really need to do is listen to what is being asked of me and make my body do it...or something like that. the general idea being focus! focus outside of yourself to the pose and to your body.

but i still wanted to meditate. today proved that this is not the meditating yoga, this is the make you stronger mentally and physically yoga. i was exhausted at the end and my shoulder was achy but i felt good, i didn't think about my life stresses once during class, and i like that.

i was asked tonight by my captain, "why now, why are you doing this now?". and all i could say was, i turn 30 ;) next month and i need to get my life in a good place and i'm starting with my body. tomorrow i add the mental.

baby steps.

(insert motivational one liner here....)

goodnight.

Day One

i don't like hot yoga.

i like lukewarm yoga.

i am hoping after this 30 day experiment i will say i like hot yoga, or at least be able to say it is okay.

why am i doing this?

well, one, i am at a place in my life that i could use a little meditative inner reflection time and what better way to do that then in a heat exhausted haze. ;) i am hoping that through the sweat and nausea i can have some quiet peaceful healing time (mentally and physically).

two, i need a kick in the pants to drink more water and take better care of my body. i am hoping that this will motivate me to care about my physical body. i often get to go-going that i forget about taking care of myself...i eat whatever, i drink 4 glasses of water a day (maybe) and i have a horrible sugar addiction i can't shake (maybe i can sweat it outta me).

and third, my dear friend radioactive swears by this. she has felt healing and limberness from her aches and pains. she also has a zen attitude about yoga and life that i admire. so, if i can be an ounce as good as her and reap the benefits she has gained from bikram yoga i will be a happy little gogo....or yogogo i guess i should say.

so day one begins. i am supposed to be following this link as a newbie: http://bikramyogatyler.com/1st-timers/

as i drink my first glass of water of the day i realize i am way behind task number one....crap, i need more water.

wish me luck.