I miss yoga a lot.
We moved to New Mexico in mid-2013, losing my yoga studio, my teachers. Losing Texas.
Lots has happened since this, some of it great (we got married, we bought a house, my mom moved to town), some of it not so great (I have been diagnosed with a serious illness, Julia’s daddy died, my daddy had a stroke).
One of the things we haven’t done is find a new place to practice yoga. My new church has a class — I just have to build up the energy to try it out. But basically I haven’t done yoga in 2 1/2 years.
My doctor tells me that reducing my stress is vital to controlling my disease, so I bought a subscription to myyogaworks for a month.
Last night, I tried it for the first time.
The good: My blood sugars lowered 80 points in 30 minutes. My stress levels plummeted. I slept.
The bad: Just sitting on the floor was hard. I have no flexibility left. My left shoulder hurts so bad, omg.
I did the pre-sleep restorative yoga. I liked the teacher, I like the poses. I did sleep well.
I’m going to convince the wife to try again tonight.
Namaste, y’all, and much love,
BA
2 comments:
IT's the journey, my friend. And if sitting is all that happens at first, it's all good. Wishing you peaceful and healthy thoughts. And lots of hugs and smooches.
*hugs you hard* moving is HARD. I know all about that. It's so hard to get everything re-established and find new places that you like. Although having moved 8 times in the last 16 years I've become somewhat of an expert at re-establishing. It is still a process to be sure.
And DAMN the yoga sounds like it has done AMAZING things for you and makes me think I should get back into yoga. I did it wow, over 11 years ago before I had my child and loved it. Dropping your BS 80 points is AWESOME. Wow. And I know it relieves stress.
What is myyogaworks? I will have to look into that.
One day at a time - often, one minute at a time, I know that's what I'm doing.
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