Things you should know before reading this blog:

Things you should know before reading this blog:
Bikram yoga is hard. I know I'm weakling and whine about everything but this is seriously not some girly cop-out excuse for exercising. Its not for the faint of heart! Bikram yoga, commonly known as hot yoga, earned it's name. Over the course of 90 minutes there are 26 postures (each is done twice) that are practiced in 105-110 degree studios with speaking instruction from a certified Bikram teacher. If you weigh yourself before and after a class, you're likely to see a 3-5 pound difference. Granted, its just water weight, but still that's a lot of sweat. By the end of class, you'll look like you just took a shower. Not only is it extremely hot in the room but the postures themselves are hard. When I begin my first class, there will probably only be 5 or 6 postures I can hold correctly without taking "beginners shortcuts" (bent knees, unlocked elbows, shortened stretches, etc). It takes so much strength, endurance, and patience to do things like kick your foot over your head and hold it there for thirty seconds without falling & knocking everyone in the room down like a domino. I'll get there... hopefully. In the meantime I'll be the tall brunette laying flat on the mat like a dead man, sweating my ass off.

So what's a 30 day challenge?
A 30 day challenge is the Iron Man of Bikram. Basically it entails daily practice, every single day, consecutively, for thirty days. By agreeing to a 30 day, you're agreeing to never miss a class. Ever. Now, the yoga community is pretty understanding that maybe there might be something during your 30 days that comes between you and your yoga class. Miss a class? Fine. Take 2 the next day to make up for the one you missed. Good luck with that. My 30 day starts Jan 31 and ends on Mar 1.

Why am I documenting this?
Well I wanted a way to see how much progress I'll make by the end. I dont think my fellow yoga do-ers would appreciate me bringing a friend into yoga to take pictures for me... Nor do I particularly want my picture taken in the hot room (talk about unflattering) so I'll keep track of everything via this blog. But of course its also just so you, my lovely family and friends, can follow me through the ups, downs, bends, and twists of my very own 30 day challenge. Really, I'm so excited to watch my own personal progress through improving the postures and gain all the health benefits that Bikram is so famous for. Yes I'm somewhat forced to keep record of this so I can present my results in June but I'll try my best and keep it interesting despite all the whining and moaning that's bound to happen. Good, bad, and ugly.. What's the worst that can happen in 30 days??

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Day 21



Yesterday was crazy. Since its coming down to the last few days before vacation, all of my teacher have been assigning huge tests and projects all due on the same day. SOooo naturally I stayed home from school to do it all. Even more naturally I did not get it all done. I wrote like 3 out of 4 pages of a paper and it took me 5 hours. And then I went to yoga. And then I went to a hockey game. And then I ate this: 
Theres a new self serve froyo place in Manchester.
I told her to whisper me the price after she put it on the scale.
Shame at it's finest.
And then I had a coffee.  By now it was like 11:00pm and I had like easily 2 more hours of work ahead of me. I think the last time I saw on the clock was 2:00 but even though I had no sleep I think I actually aced all three of my tests today. Very very surprising. 

But this is a yoga blog, not a bitch-about-my-life blog (thats what Tumblr is for, ha ha ha), so all-in-all class went well despite everything else that made yesterday crazy. It was my 90 minutes of peace which is why I love yoga in the first place. The funniest part was when Natalie (teacher) said, "good job, newbies, you're almost halfway through class!" when we were on the last posture. Obviously they don't know the practice so they arent familiar with the postures and didnt know we were on the last one, so all panicked and were like "omg its not over........" Hahahaha yoga jokes. Gotta love it. They kill me. 
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