In my quest to regain peace of mind, inner strength, fitness, and balance in life, I started the new year with a new hobby. Literally on the first day of 2015 I rolled out my yoga mat—one of the best Christmas gifts I've ever received—googled basic/beginner stretches, and began my journey as a yogi (dare I call myself one this early).
That day I finally understood what it meant to "find exercise that works for you" because not only did I feel good after the session but I found myself actually looking forward to the next. Although a full work schedule has not made it easy to practice regularly, I try to squeeze some basic stretches and poses in whenever possible, with youtube as instructor. (We'll get to joining a class later.)
Finding fellow practitioners among friends and family who I can talk to is encouraging, too. I discovered Yoga with Adriene through a friend. It's a great youtube channel for beginners like me to follow. She has over a hundred videos for pretty much whatever one needs yoga for—weight loss, headaches, stress relief, insomnia, etc—all properly labeled and simple enough to understand. Plus her energy rubs off on you.
Today I decided to take advantage of the 5-day weekend in Manila take my yoga practice up a notch. By a happy accident, I had also just discovered Adriene's 2015 30-day Yoga Challenge so I went with that. Day 1 is called Ease Into It, but it was a lot more difficult than all the basic stuff I've been doing so far. Today I actually put my muscles to work. I planked, did some shape shifting, core poses, and found myself actually shaking and sweating. Nonetheless, I still ended the session feeling light, satisfied, and peaceful. Excited to move forward in this practice and write about it along the way.
To write more, you see, is another goal I have set for myself this year. I trust it will help me in abovementioned quest. But more importantly, I trust that practice makes perfect.
See y'all soon!
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