Tuesday, March 8, 2011

doing little

What class is this for you? 5th? 6th?

No this is just my 4th.

Have you done this before?

No this is the first time.

Wow! You are really doing great.

Thank you. I don't feel great compared to others in the class.

Oh no. You're really hanging in there. Keep it up!



Those are some serious words of encouragement when you feel like a complete idiot in class. It's important, though difficult, for me to remember that yoga is a practice. I won't be and can't be perfect. No one is. Everyday is different. Even though Bikram has the same 26 poses every class, no 2 classes are the alike. Even for the ones that have been there 5, 10, a lifetime number of years, every class is just as different for them as it is for me. 

The first day there were things I wasn't able to do. I, frankly compared to others, was tight as a board. But now, I can bend, move, and twist because of the little nudges and pushes to my body. I talk to it like it's completely seperate of myself. "Come on. I know you can do this. Just relax and I'll let you take over." Awesome changes have occurred because of this talk!

The soreness is gone. The cramping has quit. Now it is about the practice. Working hard at pushing my body. Changing my body. And changing my thought process about growing in this practice. Hot yoga is different, it is a discipline, and in its own hot, sticky way, beautiful.

As the teacher says, "Do little. Do right. Don't just hang out in a hot room."

4 weeks to go...

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