Yes 365 begins tomorrow
My arm is far from healed but the thought of not following through or delaying this simply is not something I am willing to consider.
Life will throw many things into my path on a daily basis.
I need to start showing up in my life and it begins now.
So this is a conscious decision not me being hard on myself. I will give myself permission to only do as much as is reasonable given my physical impairment but I shall go and do as much as possible.
365 days of Yoga, will it change me? Has it started already.
Happy New Year all, 2010 will be an awesome year of completion.
cindi
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Gonna Happen
Well my arm while still very sore and immobilized is better. So I am on for the 365 day challenge. might be a slow start and downward facing dog out of the question for a bit but hey. I got 365 days to fit it in.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Well I did say it would be a 365 day challenge!
I fell on snowy stairs leading to the riverwalk....sigh. I actually thought I had broken it when I fell. Hurt like the dickens. I can move my fingers so I hope thats a positive sign.
Given its the Holiday no value in going to emerg so I am applying RICE and will get an xray to be sure no fractures.
What is most interesting is how my thinking changes when faced with the possibility of can't over want.
Now I have to find a way to do it.
I guess 1 handed yoga is not out of the question.
Send me lots of Chi for quick healing.
cindi
Note: My John Lennon quote for today was
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
Now that is pretty funny.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Ahhh yes I remember
I did the 4 o'clock class today. I am allowing myself no excuses on this. There are numerous classes in a day so truly no excuse.
The class was packed and the instructor traumatized by her Christmas shopping experience at Polo Park.
Funny how we transfer our emotions on to others. She kept going on about letting outside experiences go,
great advise I hope she follows it. It did become pretty funny actually.
Its interesting for me to see just how much less irritated I get by such things. That was one of the most difficult things about BiPolar brain. A year ago I would have had to leave the class over something that simple. I am now capable of seeing it for what it is and having a bit of a laugh.
On the walk back I could just feel the looseness in my mind and body and I was reminded what it is about Yoga that is so great.
I was still feeling a lot of resistance to starting up again never mind doing a 365 day challenge.
Its good I can do this and the benefits will be outstanding.
As I moved through the poses I considered where I would be in a month,2 or a year.
Fairly exciting actually. To consider how much I will progress in 365 days. I will actually know which move follows another.
Seriously I am the most incompetent yogai I am very sure everyone else knows what the heck they mean when they refer to the moves by name. Tuesday mornings is silent. I should have someone video tape me!
Yoga Bloopers.
Ah well no where to go but up.
Cindi
The class was packed and the instructor traumatized by her Christmas shopping experience at Polo Park.
Funny how we transfer our emotions on to others. She kept going on about letting outside experiences go,
great advise I hope she follows it. It did become pretty funny actually.
Its interesting for me to see just how much less irritated I get by such things. That was one of the most difficult things about BiPolar brain. A year ago I would have had to leave the class over something that simple. I am now capable of seeing it for what it is and having a bit of a laugh.
On the walk back I could just feel the looseness in my mind and body and I was reminded what it is about Yoga that is so great.
I was still feeling a lot of resistance to starting up again never mind doing a 365 day challenge.
Its good I can do this and the benefits will be outstanding.
As I moved through the poses I considered where I would be in a month,2 or a year.
Fairly exciting actually. To consider how much I will progress in 365 days. I will actually know which move follows another.
Seriously I am the most incompetent yogai I am very sure everyone else knows what the heck they mean when they refer to the moves by name. Tuesday mornings is silent. I should have someone video tape me!
Yoga Bloopers.
Ah well no where to go but up.
Cindi
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The beginning or shall we say beginnings?
365 days of Yoga??? Have I lost it once and for all?
Possibly but here is the back story.
First let me introduce myself. A middle aged woman going on 20 learning to cope with long term affects of being BiPolar and the subsequent depression that accompanies it. If you are interested in the BP side of things you will find more here.
Where 365 days of Yoga comes in is my previous inability to commit long term.
I have avoided commitment like the plague. The reason, now clear due to my managing my BP is the belief that I would fail. And I would because the Depression would be so deep I struggled to get out of bed for weeks at a time so signing up for 365 days of anything was pointless.
So can I do it? Yes, no issue.
I truly do have a handle on the BP and the only thing that stands between me and commitment is old fear. The past.
Challenging myself to 365 days of Yoga is a statement. A statement that in fact I can.
And I shall.
Over 2 years ago I said I can to being drug free. 5 months ago I said I can to managing my BP, and today I say I can to moving forward, being in the present and finally, finally finding a life of value and fulfillment for myself.
So come along. It shall be interesting.I can hardly wait to hear my own excuses as to why not, none of which I plan to accept.
What will I find in 365 days of Yoga. Certainly a fitter body, more toned and flexible. But for me its the what else that drives me to do this. The first 365 day commitment in a lifetime.
I expect the woman in the mirror today will be hard to recognise.
Day 1 is Jan 1 2010.
Possibly but here is the back story.
First let me introduce myself. A middle aged woman going on 20 learning to cope with long term affects of being BiPolar and the subsequent depression that accompanies it. If you are interested in the BP side of things you will find more here.
Where 365 days of Yoga comes in is my previous inability to commit long term.
I have avoided commitment like the plague. The reason, now clear due to my managing my BP is the belief that I would fail. And I would because the Depression would be so deep I struggled to get out of bed for weeks at a time so signing up for 365 days of anything was pointless.
So can I do it? Yes, no issue.
I truly do have a handle on the BP and the only thing that stands between me and commitment is old fear. The past.
Challenging myself to 365 days of Yoga is a statement. A statement that in fact I can.
And I shall.
Over 2 years ago I said I can to being drug free. 5 months ago I said I can to managing my BP, and today I say I can to moving forward, being in the present and finally, finally finding a life of value and fulfillment for myself.
So come along. It shall be interesting.I can hardly wait to hear my own excuses as to why not, none of which I plan to accept.
What will I find in 365 days of Yoga. Certainly a fitter body, more toned and flexible. But for me its the what else that drives me to do this. The first 365 day commitment in a lifetime.
I expect the woman in the mirror today will be hard to recognise.
Day 1 is Jan 1 2010.
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