Yogini Bear
Posted by spunky | Filed under Monkee Do, Monkee Yogini Bear
I’ve completed 3 months of Bikram Yoga.
Words cannot describe how passionate I am about my practice. Of course, there have been day where I lose my concentration, fall out of an asana, got lazy and didn’t go all the way when I should have, hated the heat, and days where I simply decided to sleep in.
I am slowly building strength, since I have been blessed with a pretty decent level of flexibility.
The weight is coming off, my body is slowly toning up. I survived a mild heat rash, some angry pimples (now they appear on my chin, due to the Locust Pose), learned how NOT to hyper-extend my knees and to engage my thigh muscles when the teacher says ‘lock the knees’ , learned how to keep my mind calm in the crazy heat and am still trying to get that monkey chatter out of my head when in class.
90minutes of ‘me’ time. Never mind that my belly is sticking out, my hair is in a mess, my sweat is streaming into my eyes each time I round my back and tuck my chin to my chest during Standing Head to Knee.
Some days I feel defeated after a class, especially when I’ve had very little sleep the night before. Most days I come out feeling fantastic.
It used to be about losing weight (I’ve lost about 4kilos so far), now I feel that there’s a lot more to it than vanity.
I would love to be able to attend Teacher Training one day. For now, I’m just going to attend the competition clinics to see what it’s all about.
I’ve extended my membership. This has to be the best money I’ve spent on myself.
