yoga: love and hate
Since I took up yoga again I have started planning my life around my classes. I make regularly make decisions based on yoga practice, like - When should I eat? What time do I need to sleep? Should I do the laundry today? If I only have one G&T tonight, I can probably make 10 AM yoga tomorrow!
I do that because I am an all-or-nothing person. I will either go to yoga as often as I can, or not go at all. Since I started I've gone 23 days out of 30 -- and for the first two weeks I did Attack too, so yoga was only an alternative. When I commit to exercise, I tend to go hardcore. And then injure myself, get comfortable in enforced rest, and kick my exercise resolutions out the door. Until, many months later, I start feeling gross and feel the need to get back into it. The cycle continues.
I am not a yo-yo dieter (I don't believe in diets) but I am definitely a yo-yo exerciser.
But this time, I am really trying to stick with yoga. I am proud of myself for getting this far. And, wonder of wonders, my postures are improving. My standing bow is starting to look like a bow, I'm getting further into half-moon, and I'm beginning to understand how to hold my body in place. I know I'll have to give up my trikanasana mini-breaks, but I'm still too much of a wuss to care.
I do that because I am an all-or-nothing person. I will either go to yoga as often as I can, or not go at all. Since I started I've gone 23 days out of 30 -- and for the first two weeks I did Attack too, so yoga was only an alternative. When I commit to exercise, I tend to go hardcore. And then injure myself, get comfortable in enforced rest, and kick my exercise resolutions out the door. Until, many months later, I start feeling gross and feel the need to get back into it. The cycle continues.
I am not a yo-yo dieter (I don't believe in diets) but I am definitely a yo-yo exerciser.
But this time, I am really trying to stick with yoga. I am proud of myself for getting this far. And, wonder of wonders, my postures are improving. My standing bow is starting to look like a bow, I'm getting further into half-moon, and I'm beginning to understand how to hold my body in place. I know I'll have to give up my trikanasana mini-breaks, but I'm still too much of a wuss to care.