Bikram, Day 25
Not much has changed since last post. Still going to Bikram.
One interesting thing is to look at the easy lesson of Bikram. I just wake up and decide when I should go. That’s it. No question. Can I make the 9, or the noon? Those are my favorites. The 4:30 is packed, so I like getting it done early. I don’t think I ever did the 6:15 or 8:15p classes. And only the 6:15 a.m. once.
But it is just a simple thing. I wake up and think about when to go. It is just something to apply to everything else, that lack of questioning. Also, due to its structure of happening at certain times and not being able to eat two hours prior, almost everything else comes after it, because it is best to get it out of the way. Again, great lessons to apply elsewhere.
I’m launching a new site in the near future, going for the whole vegan/diet/health angle this time. I keep reading these books and putting the time in, may as well crank out a site on that topic. And, no shock, I do have opinions about all of that, none of which will probably change hearts and minds but, honestly, that’s never been my goal. I usually tell people in my life that I want to enable them to make informed bad decisions. That is enough for me.
I think a holistic approach is the only way things work. Otherwise you’re just curing the symptoms, and not the root cause. But I’ll let ya’ll know when that’s up and running.
Not many other yoga advances, though. I’m much better at balancing on one leg, never falling out of that posture much anymore. But other postures, which seem even more rudimentary, like sitting my ass on the ground between my legs, that’s going to take a while. I just sit up higher in the air than I want, balance myself on my hands, and wait for my legs and knees to stretch out enough for it to find the ground.
I got a book on hot yoga, which explores the postures in detail. It’s nice to get some insight into the benefits of each posture, tips on how to get into it, etc. Not that it was a necessity to buy it. The advantage of attending class so often is that you get such a variety of teachers, each one brings little different bits of insight.
So, it’s a lock that I’ll make it through Day 30, so now the goal is shifting to day 60.
