Day 4 was fantastic!!! I had a strong class. I was surrounded by yogis with very strong, focused practices and it pushed me farther. I could feel their energy and really fed off it. Didn't skip any postures. Standing bow is slowly getting better.
Day 5 was 9:15AM. Felt stiff. I find I have a really tough time with compression postures in morning classes. Separate leg forehead to knee and rabbit are extremely difficult. I can barely get my forehead to knee even with my hands separated and my knee bent.
Day 6, another 9:15AM class. I am finding the morning classes fit best in my schedule during the week. I drop off my kiddos at school for 8:45 and it gives me plenty of time to get to the studio. And after class, I have just enough time for a quick breakfast and shower before picking them up at 11:45. Even though I am more stiff and find compression postures difficult in the morning, I like to check yoga off my 'list' early on in the day otherwise I feel it weigh heavily on my mind until I go.
I chatted with another yogi that I have seen at the studio frequently. She mentioned that she did a 30 days straight in November without realizing it. I told her about that 101 challenge. Hoping she'll join. She's gone every day this year already. It'd be encouraging and inspiring to have others at my studio join.
Something the teacher said today really hit home with me, "The postures will always be the same, but no two classes will ever be the same". I find that I am hard on myself when one day I have a strong practice, but the next day I can barely make it through. But I am slowly beginning to realize that no two days will every be the same, and that there will be good days and some not so good days. Reading other 101 bikram participants blogs has really helped me accept my not so good days because I see that other people also have those days. Thanks everyone!
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