So it has been a few weeks and I'm sure that you have really missed hearing from me:) I can just picture all of you eagerly checking your email everyday just hoping to find a new blog entry from me. Well today is your lucky day!! I'm back and I'm zen. Nope, not crazy. Zen. I recently started practicing yoga. Power yoga, in fact. And I love it. The "love it like a fat kid loves cake" kind of love. I don't love running. Hell, most of the time I don't even like running unless I just finished one. Yoga offers me the same feeling of accomplishment and strength that I get from running without all of the...running!
A few weeks ago, right around the time that I stopped blogging, I started feeling really down. I have been struggling with some stomach pains from complications that occurred when I delivered my oldest daughter. Trying to raise two babies, work full-time, and take care of myself while being in pain has made life really hard over the past couple of years. I felt really sick one week and it just put me over the top. I just realized that I was struggling just to get through the days. I wasn't taking enough time for myself. Sure I was running when I found the time and I was trying to watch what I was eating. But I was just not in a good state of mind and I had to do something about it. Fast. So I signed up for yoga at a place that I found online. I just needed to do something outside of the house for an hour or two a week (I love running with the girls but it isn't exactly "me" time) and it had to be something physical because I wanted to exercise more. I thought that it was important for me to go to a class where I would be held accountable and where there was some social aspect as well. I have practiced yoga here and there in the past and liked it, so it seemed like the perfect choice.
I loved it right away. It is a little bit painful, which I loved (call me a masochist). It is very peaceful, which Steve loves (he says I am much nicer now that I am practicing...go figure). And not to toot my own horn (toot, toot) but I am actually pretty good at it too. I catch on pretty quickly and my body seems to remember all of the balance and flexibility lessons that it learned so long ago when I danced and cheered. I am excited to go to class and even found myself at a headstand workshop this weekend. Crazy!!
This blog and everything that comes with it is in an effort to make myself feel happier and healthier. Yoga does just that. If I hadn't felt so horrible I may never have taken the yoga class. I would never have been inspired! Yoga makes me want to be stronger and to feel better. That is amazing. It even makes me want to run more. So my message here is never stop trying to find inspiration. Don't get stuck in a rut. Whether it's a workout regimen, a diet, or the lack of both be prepared to switch it up once in a while. Never limit yourself. Go ahead and join me in the next headstand workshop (especially if you want to watch me rock the crap out of that pose) or do something a little more low key. But try something new and different. It may change your life.
Until next time (namaste)...
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