Day 17 Hanging On, Barely
All I wanted to do today was NOT GO TO YOGA. That’s it. I had no other agenda.
However, it’s not called a challenge for nothing, and I hate giving up.
“Just to let you know,” I said to Tony, the instructor, as I dragged myself into the studio this afternoon, “I do not want to be here. I’m tired. TIRED. Do you understand?”
This man has a toddler and a new baby at home. But I still felt I had to impress upon him the depth of my tiredness.
“I’m here,” I continued, “so it counts. Even if I don’t do anything.”
(Reminds me of a conversation I had with my husband recently, but I digress.)
“You might be surprised,” said Tony. “Go in strong and see what happens.”
I lay down on my mat and prepared to stay there for the full 90 minutes. It felt so good. So warm. So quiet.
But once he came in and began the class, peer pressure made me get to my feet with everyone else. I didn’t feel too bad, so I kept going. Before I knew it, we were on my worst posture, the Standing Head-to-Knee compression pose. I did the first set, then said to myself, “Self, you’ve done more, waaaayyy more than you planned. You can sit out the second set. I won’t judge you.”
And just as the thought slivered through my sweat-soaked brain, Tony came to stand beside me. “For energy,” he whispered, in between instructions to the class.
How did he know??
And that’s how I ended up doing an entire class when I thought I couldn’t.
Day 16 Are We Done Yet?
The 30-Day Challenge began on Feb. 14, and I haven’t missed a day yet. However, I’d been going pretty regularly before that, as in 24 classes total in February. Surely I should be seeing results. Surely I shouldn’t have these wipe-out days anymore.
My feelings on yoga at the moment:
I did it. My butt hurts. I’m TIRED. The End.
Day 15 A Blog-Post a Day…
I’ve decided I want to blog more. Since I’ve already been posting daily for my 30-Day Bikram Yoga Challenge, I figured I might as well add a blog challenge to it. All writing is good exercise. After all, writers write. Right? (Sorry, that was lame.)
So, I hereby commit to posting on this blog once a day for all of 2011. (Or until I don’t.)
I know it won’t be easy, but it might be fun, inspiring, awesome and wonderful. I’m going to make use of The DailyPost, and the community of other bloggers with similiar goals, to help me along the way, including asking for help when I need it and encouraging others when I can.
If you already read my blog, I hope you’ll encourage me with comments and likes, and good will along the way.