yoga and sleep
Miriam gave me two suggestions for dealing heartbreak, and I have been doing them about every other day for the past two weeks. One was to keep a journal of letters never sent. (Admittedly, most of these are just lists of questions or lists of things I miss about her.)
The other thing was to start to do yoga. She got me a DVD called AM/PM Yoga, which has simple yoga activities to either start or end your day with. I tried the AM Yoga once, and it was way too hard for me. A lot of balancing and holding up my massive weight on one foot or arm. I felt like Luke Skywalker standing on his hands, lifting crates with his mind, while balancing Yoda on his feet. Luke couldn't do it long, either. So, PM Yoga it is, which ends with laying on the floor, listening to yourself breathe. (Actually, the real end is when hostess Elena Brower tells you to "Bow to your greatest teacher-your heart." At which point I feel like punching her in the face.)
But, I am finding that the nights I practice PM Yoga result in really restless sleep. I wake up after a few hours of sleep, then fall in and out of light sleep for the rest of the night. I feel very unrested in the morning. I wonder if PM Yoga is just too strenuous for sedentary me, and my body is all wired after the light workout. Maybe I need to do it more in the afternoon rather than close to bedtime. Or maybe around dinner time. Either way, I'm thinking I have to do it more than two hours before bedtime.
The other thing was to start to do yoga. She got me a DVD called AM/PM Yoga, which has simple yoga activities to either start or end your day with. I tried the AM Yoga once, and it was way too hard for me. A lot of balancing and holding up my massive weight on one foot or arm. I felt like Luke Skywalker standing on his hands, lifting crates with his mind, while balancing Yoda on his feet. Luke couldn't do it long, either. So, PM Yoga it is, which ends with laying on the floor, listening to yourself breathe. (Actually, the real end is when hostess Elena Brower tells you to "Bow to your greatest teacher-your heart." At which point I feel like punching her in the face.)
But, I am finding that the nights I practice PM Yoga result in really restless sleep. I wake up after a few hours of sleep, then fall in and out of light sleep for the rest of the night. I feel very unrested in the morning. I wonder if PM Yoga is just too strenuous for sedentary me, and my body is all wired after the light workout. Maybe I need to do it more in the afternoon rather than close to bedtime. Or maybe around dinner time. Either way, I'm thinking I have to do it more than two hours before bedtime.