I've often wondered if coffee is the culprit to my achieving a harmonious balance in my life. Or I am just looking for an easy target to blame all my health issues on. I've been late for carpooling because I have to stop for coffee, or I've ruined a good outfit because of dribbling coffee. The need for a hot drink when I first get up seems as much a habit as a pirate needing his grog and a smoke first thing in the morning. If I woke up and mediated first, would I still need coffee? Do I need to give up coffee in my life-will it make it better?
A friend told me I should go back to hot yoga to cure my sore hips. I was showing her how I can't sit cross-legged anymore, but try to work on it by sitting in cow pose and painfully rocking back and forth on my sit bones to loosen up. "Bikrim yoga is what you need-the hot air will loosen your muscles and allow you to stretch them easier." I know this is true-I was a Bikrim fanatic for two years. I never felt better. I drank copious amounts of water all day before a class. I watched what I ate because if you're doing Bikrim, you don't want your food to come up during class. I made it a routine to go about 3 x a week to hot yoga, and I sweated like I've never sweat before.
But then I stopped. Why is it so hard to keep up the routines and practices we know are good for us? Bikrim, or any type yoga done correctly is a commitment of at least one and a half hours a day. Add in the dressing, undressing, drive to and fro and you've made a 2 hour plus commitment from your day to that activity. Working full time, that can be a precious chunk of time.
Getting up earlier to set my intentions, cook a healthy breakfast, make a healthy lunch, think of my days' goals has been a good start. I' am considering how to get back to Bikrim.I know it will be good for me, and that's what I'm all about at this point. What is good and balanced for life?
A friend told me I should go back to hot yoga to cure my sore hips. I was showing her how I can't sit cross-legged anymore, but try to work on it by sitting in cow pose and painfully rocking back and forth on my sit bones to loosen up. "Bikrim yoga is what you need-the hot air will loosen your muscles and allow you to stretch them easier." I know this is true-I was a Bikrim fanatic for two years. I never felt better. I drank copious amounts of water all day before a class. I watched what I ate because if you're doing Bikrim, you don't want your food to come up during class. I made it a routine to go about 3 x a week to hot yoga, and I sweated like I've never sweat before.
But then I stopped. Why is it so hard to keep up the routines and practices we know are good for us? Bikrim, or any type yoga done correctly is a commitment of at least one and a half hours a day. Add in the dressing, undressing, drive to and fro and you've made a 2 hour plus commitment from your day to that activity. Working full time, that can be a precious chunk of time.
Getting up earlier to set my intentions, cook a healthy breakfast, make a healthy lunch, think of my days' goals has been a good start. I' am considering how to get back to Bikrim.I know it will be good for me, and that's what I'm all about at this point. What is good and balanced for life?
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