January 2012
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Bikram 28/30!
I TOUCHED MY FOREHEAD TO MY MAT IN STANDNG SEPERATE LEG STRETCHING POSE! TWICE!!! WHEE!!!
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Bikram 27/30
Ahhh, Sunday morning yoga class. Heat, humidity, and the morning sunlight through the windows? Made for an extra steamy class. Average class for me. I thought I was going to die in the first half hour, getting used to the heat was hard. It was a mental fight today, and I won even though it was tough getting through the 90 minutes. I hung in there! Three more days! I have to miss Tuesday’s...
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Bikram 25&26/30
Karma class last night with favourite teacher. I touched my forehead to my mat in Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose!! Briefly, for the first time ever. And only in the first set. Now that I know I can do it, I’ll be trying harder!
Today I had class with favourite teacher ever. She always has a strong, positive energy that transfers throughout the room. I had a strong class even though I...
Bikram 24/30
Small class yesterday night. I was volun-told to stand in the front row because there were a couple of new people (including my girlfriend) and an empty row in front of us. It was interesting in the front. Suddenly I could see ask the pores on my face opening up, hah. I had a good class though. Standing bow was very good, especially in that last set. Floor series was strong. kicked my leg up on
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Bikram 22 & 23/30
Day 22: Yesterday felt like my uterus went on strike or something, so I didn’t go to Bikram. I settled for some yoga poses in my chair. Fail, I know.
Day 23: New teacher, pretty good class. She was straightforward, the temperature was a bit cold, and the class flew by. I had a strong class, did all the poses. Found myself falling out of standing bow for the first couple of times - just...
Oh My GooooOOOOD (aka Benedict Streisand)
Bikram 21/30
Took the 430 yesterday afternoon for day 21. I think this is the optimal time for me to yoga it up. These 830s I keep doing are not working out. I get home and have to rush to get everything together for the next day, shower, then wind down for the night. Not enough time for me to sleep before the alarm goes of and I have to start all over again. The afternoon class I have the time to do all that...
Bikram 20/30
Class was hard today. My mind wasn’t in the game. Again. Which sucks ‘cause physically I still had gas in the tank, but my mind didn’t want to start the car so because of that, I died after tortoise. Again, I was strong until the floor series. I just mentally shut down once I was on the ground, damnit. Teacher noticed and threw me an extra cold compress at the end of class when I...
Bikram 19/30
Yesterday’s 4 o’clock was brutal. had a teacher I haven’t had before, she had an interesting accent I couldn’t place, something french mixed with maybe irish or something. I wasn’t mentally in yesterdays class, tired from overtime, had other stuff to do in the evening. As a result, I died pretty much after the floor series. Not a pretty class yesterday.
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Bikram 18/30
Last night while sleeping on my back, I shifted my legs a bit and my hips popped, similar to when I crack my back, but y’know, in my hips. It startled me and it hurt a bit. I’ve never popped my hips before like that. Strange.
Yoga was with a new teacher that I haven’t had before. I went into Karma class thinking I’d have favourite teacher as he was on schedule but...
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Bikram 17/30
Class tonight with favourite girl teacher, she’s always positive and brings good energy to class. Her dialogue is drill sergeant pace and she doesn’t let up. Class was perfect temperature again. Did everything except I was wobbly on both camels with my head hanging back, my hands in the backpockets of my imaginary jeans. I got out of those two earlier than the class did. My standing...
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Bikram 16/30
Had an awesome class with favourite teacher today! Temperature was just the way I like it, heat cranked, humidity low. I managed all the postures today without dying which was a vast improvement from yesterday. I went further back in to the back bend of half moon than I think I’ve ever gone. Did a mean balancing stick. Had my hands up in prayer position for the second half of toe stand,...
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Bikram 15/30
That moment in half moon when you’re leaning to the left with your right hip pushing out? And the pressure in your ear goes funny because of the heat? Yeah. I usually can gauge how hot and hard the class will be based on that moment.
Tonight class went well until the floor series where I suddenly was hit by a wave of exhaustion. Each posture got harder and became more of a struggle to do....
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Bikram 14/30
Ahhhh, class. Heat level was perfect (as in comfortable), as in it probably wasn’t hot enough. Humidity was non-existent. Which I enjoyed, but probably wasn’t optimal in an ideal Bikram class. oh well. I got adjusted in to position for one side of standing bow and the other side didn’t make it as deep in to the stretch as the other so I feel kind of off. I am super sleepy now....
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Bikram 13/30
Today was a good class. Humidy was up, heat was up, sun came through the windows ‘cause it was bright and early. I did a pretty good backward bend in half moon. My toe stand on with the right leg bent is getting a lot better. I almost got my hands in prayer position. The left side needs work, but I think I’m getting there! I slowed down near the end of class, around camel and rabbit...
“everything happens eventually”
Bikram 12/30
I died after tortoise. Closed my eyes and lay there until the last set up of the sitting bendy-stretchy leg pose thing, right before spine twist. Just had no energy to keep going. Tomorrow will be better.
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Bikram 11/30
More than a third of the way through! I didn’t make the morning class like I had planned - it was waaayyyyy too hard to get out of bed this morning, on top of the snow that mother nature decided to dump on us. I got to wear my Hunters to work today, and I may or may not have hopped in to a couple of puddles on purpose.
Karma class this evening was pretty full. There were two pre-teens who...
Bikram 10/30
Day ten happened today, super small crowd with only 6 other people in it. We turned our mats out parallel to the front mirrors during triangle and that was pretty cool. Got to see the posture from a different angle which was nice. Class was humid but cold again. I was super tired during class for some reason. Found myself falling asleep during the floor series. low energy in the class tonight.
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Bikram 9/30
Daaaaaaaaaaaay 9!!!
Ahh, over and done with. Class was humid, but not hot today. Sweat was pouring down like crazy, but it wasn’t overtly painful which was a good thing. I’ve gotten over the heat bothering me, I just acknowledge that my body will sweat and deal with it. New girl came and did awesome today - she rocked out the floor series like a boss. Me? I had an average class,...
“I like the sad song. I like to identify with it because I like the place it...”
– Ryan Adams (via letitride)
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Bikram 8/30
Evening class again. There was a visiting teacher because I think the regular teacher is on vacation. The class wasn’t really ideal Bikram weather… cold to start until someone said they were cold, then the humidity was cranked until we were sweating buckets…. And then the heat was turned down again, which made out even colder! I had an average class today, did all the postures. literally fell out...
Bikram 7/30
One week down! took the 830 class last night. I had a strong class, managed to mostly stay in standing bow for the whole length of both sets. Had help in tortoise which was nice because I can never really get my hips fully down. I tried toe stand again, I can get down but I have trouble balancing when down there so I’m working on just getting and staying down safely.
There were a lot of...
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Bikram 5/30
Took the 4o’clock class today in the afternoon. OTHER favourite teacher was there and I hadn’t seen her in ages!!! Her classes are always super hot, humidity cranked all the way up there. I had a pretty good class, and I can for sure say that it was my sweatiest of the week. Managed to get down in to the toe-stand but I have trouble keeping my balance once down there. Something to work...
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Bikram 4/30
Karma class this evening was definitely busier than the past two days. Favourite teacher was teaching which was nice since I haven’t seen him since last year. Unknowingly, Jess and I sat next to two first timers - a mother/(really young, I’m talking maybe 10-13)son pair. It was cute to see them at first, I was re-living my first classes through some of the postures, but the mom got...
