Last night was my first class in the challenge. I am not doing one today as I am unable to get to the studio on Fridays. So will have to be doubling up on some days. I hadn't been for over 2 weeks as once I decided to do the 60 days I thought I'd take a break before I go HARD!!! Last night wasn't that good...my dehydration levels are up for after 2 weeks of 'vacationing' from the studio my water intake has been poor to say the least. I felt it during the floor series so most of the time I spent it on my back chastising myself for not getting my water in.
My first flitter with Bikram was back in 2008. All I remember is that it was 2 days of pure and utter hell and a naked woman bumped into me with her naked sweaty self when I was making my way out of the changing room. I had signed up for the introductory £30 for 30 days challenge and only managed to do 2 days. People who know me know that I am grossed out by sweat, germs and just about anything that is too close for comfort. So I wrote the £30 off and never returned.
This year something within me clicked. Living in a stressful flat share and stressing about my life in general I needed to bring my cortisol levels down...I was putting on weight as if my life depended on it and I needed to get myself in check. I've done the running thing which I love but it doesn't really calm me and even though my running practice has been solitary I never really got into the depth of me as I'd have music on and it never was a meditative form of exercise. I tried to do yoga at home but always gave up 15mins into the practice with the excuse that I don't know enough about yoga to practice it alone. So in June of this year I decided to try Bikram again...at a different studio. Everyone was really welcoming and I felt at home...granted there was enough sweat and grossness to give me nightmares and squirminess for the rest of my life somehow I managed to see past it and just get back to me. Day 1 turned into day 15 and before i knew it 30 days were up and all I knew is I LOVED it!!! Loved the changes in my body, loved the changes in my life, and loved the peace that came over me.
So here I am 3 months later embarking on a 60 day journey which will hopefully turn into 101 days and blogging about it...
No comments:
Post a Comment