I seriously need to change some habits after my "year out" and to create a new, healthier way of being again. Before I left Ottawa I was teaching some yoga, I had a daily practice, physically I felt good and most of the time, my mind felt good too.
Hong Kong already feels like a bit of a distant memory in some respects. That's the thing with change. If you just get on with it, you come to realise that life goes on, wherever you are. You adjust and adapt and morph into your new surroundings. In letting some things go, you have space for new things to come into your life.
I'm sure new things will come in time, but I think I owe it to myself to help things along a little, not to mention the fact that I owe it to my body to get it back in condition. Lose those extra pounds I gained lunching, socialising, travelling and dining out far more than I ever have before!
Since my return 10 days ago, I've been trying to motivate myself to re-engage with my yoga practice but to be honest, it hasn't quite happened the way I'd planned. I know restorative yoga would have helped my jet lag, but I didn't actually do any. I know that a gentle vinyasa sequence would have given me some much needed energy and diminished some of my aches and pains, but I didn't get to that either.
I needed something or someone to prod me in to action and inspiration came yesterday, on the last day of January, when my own frustration with myself co-incided with a Facebook post from one of my favourite yoga centres here in Ottawa, suggesting that I commit to a 40 Day Challenge. I instantly agreed! The only problem is that I know a commitment to a daily practice over the next 40 days will be challenging enough at the moment with all the thoughts in my head and a few more limitations in my body than usual, so driving downtown through the possible snowstorms for an hour every day to take a studio class, is likely to be a step too far for me.
Instead I commit to restarting my daily home practice. I have everything I need here already to make that happen. The only thing I was lacking is motivation but by starting this blog and announcing my intention to the world, I seem to have resolved that.
Let the Challenge Begin!
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