Day 14 of Challenge (60/60), Class #14 – TGIF!
Wow, I can’t believe that 2 weeks have already flown by. The challenge has been going so fast and it is amazing how much I have been progressing in class. It truly is changing my practice and I am so glad I decided to commit to it. I know Bikram says, “Give me 60 days and I will change your life”. I think it is really happening…very exciting stuff peeps!
I woke up this morning a little fatigued and sore from pushing hard in Pavida’s class yesterday and also from traveling. When I travel for work, I always come back a little beat down and ready to just chill. I took 2 shots of the E3live and that did the trick. Work was a little hectic today so I planned on taking the 5pm at West End. I knew it would be a perfect way to start the weekend. There was this interesting thread on Facebook from Sam talking about when you take a morning class you just eat like a maniac all day long versus taking a evening class where you usually just go to bed. I would have to agree with Sam after thinking about it. I always seem to make better choices after the 5pm or 7pm class versus the 6am or Noon class. I am thinking if I stick to more 5pm I won’t be eating like a beast as much… although as I type this my dear hubby just walked by with a big bowl of ice cream and my antenna did go off. (I will be good, I will be good…)
I know it sounds non yogi like to be worried about eating ice cream and the whole weight issue but come on peeps, everyone wants to look good naked. That is why I love Bikram… it is a “Body, Mind, and Spirit” workout for sure… it hits everything!! I came to class straight from work today which always makes for more coordination in my part. I have to remember the mat, the clothes, towels, change of clothes, frozen water… luckily today I didn’t forget anything and I managed to get to class at 4:45pm. When I walked into the studio there was Pavida again! The yoga gods think I need more correction is what I am thinking in my head. I was also excited to show off the corrections she made in class yesterday. I knew she would be watching to see if I made them.
Two Lisas were in class today… Lisa T. (my double class buddy) and Lisa C. who I haven’t seen in ages. It was great to see her in the locker room and man she looked awesome! Tara was also there and I was happy to see she was in front of me to the right today in class. I know everyone that has taken Bikram Yoga for a while has some type of embarrassing moment. Well for some reason today when I went to put my towel down on my mat, my thong panty decided to fly out. Apparently the static cling caught my panty. I quickly moved and crumpled it up into my hand hoping not too many people observed that mortifying moment. I wasn’t able to be right up to the mirror today but I got in the second row and luckily had an unobstructed view of the mirror…. very important for me. There were two newbies behind me today so I felt the pressure to set a good example… I must be still in my postures.
I was so happy that Pavida recognized my corrections from yesterday and I was able to get a few more today in class…. man, you can feel the burn when she corrects you. That’s how you know you are doing it right… there is pain… not sharp excruciating pain but almost excruciating pain. The poor newbies behind me went to the ground pretty fast. Actually there were a lot of people down in class today. I think there is definitely a domino effect to that. Once one person sees someone down, the next goes and so on. I think since all the people behind me were down on the mat, I had a harder time in class today. There is definitely something to the energy in a room when a whole class is really pushing hard throughout the whole class.
One chick had to go to the front of the room because her contact went awry. Thank goodness that has not happened to me yet. I did wear the wrong hair thingy today in class and it was poking the hell out of me during Rabbit. (Mental note: do not wear annoying poky hair things to yoga.) Overall I had a strong class despite feeling a little beat up at the end. I think it’s because the class was back to Pavida hot…actually Morgan and I were talking about the levels of heat before class. She was talking about a Dave class she took and how she went down after toe stand. She was mentioning that there must be some level where your body just shuts down. My body says, “oh, hell no!” and I have to take a break. Luckily I have just been at the brink of this lately and can talk myself into continuing on. Today was one of those days. I had to say to myself, “this is temporary… you will get through this and be happy you did it all the way through.” It worked. Even though I felt my skin on fire, I refused to sit it out. One thing that almost took me down today too was just the odor of the area I was in. It was not me either. Sometimes that happens and you just have to focus and not think about it.
I was so happy when we got to the last posture and excited to greet the weekend. I put my smiley face sticker on today and proudly looked at all 14 stickers on the chart. Right on target. Tomorrow I am planning to take the 12pm and 2pm at the West End studio. I talked with Lisa about it and she is planning to do the same. I put my two Smartwaters in the freezer as soon as I came home and in the morning I will prepare all the yoga luggage for the two classes. I am hoping I won’t be as sore. I will say a little prayer before bed. Happy Friday and TGIF.
Namaste Peeps!
