Fourteen is my favorite number.
It's the day I was born.
But it's also just ME.
I know you know what I mean. Don't you have a song that sounds like you? A color that feels like you? A sweater, a movie, an animal - that is just so YOU?
Fourteen is me.
I made the decision to embark on fourteen consecutive days of yoga, because...
1. I was stressed out.
2. I was broken-hearted and depressed and feeling crappy about myself.
3. I was drinking alcohol every night.
4. I was smoking cigarettes for the first time in ten years.
5. I wanted to.
After embarking on my embarking, I discovered...
1. I am not physically fit enough to do yoga every single day.
2. I like running sometimes.
3. I like drinking too.
In yoga, when we can't make it through an asana or a flow, what do we do?
We modify.
Here's how I modified...
1. I did yoga as much as physically possible.
2. If my arms were tired, I did a flow that worked my legs.
3. If my legs were tired, I did a flow that worked my arms.
4. When I wanted to run, I ran.
5. When I wanted to drink, I drank.
Yonder window... what I focus on while I yoga... with spider
The tally?
In the last thirteen days, I've done yoga eight of them.
I got drunk once...
Okay, maaaaayyyyybe twice.
But still.
Compared to where I was at a month ago?
Two months ago?
I call that a fucking success.
My notes!!!
What's better?
Every day I'm closer and closer to happy.
Me on the piano at my pal's house on Hawk Mountain
BTW...
Have you checked out Iris' July Self Care Retreat?
I'm not officially a part of the blogger circle who's doing this. However, Iris posted about this right around the time I was thinking that I needed to make time for some serious self care. It's neat - and not at all surprising. Iris and I always seem to have our heads and tummies in the same places, even if they are physically three-thousand miles from each other.
Anyway - follow along with her! Learn fun tricks! And if you are so inclined, indulge in your own self care.
Toots
What do you do to take care of yourself?
What fun thing would you like to do for fourteen days?
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8 comments:
I <3 you. That is all.
I second Iris! :-) I love your honesty and how well you listened to your body!
Brutal (and entertaining) honesty is my favorite! Bravo for you! I like the way you did an alternative when needed and I bet you'll keep this going. Maybe a multiple of 14 will be your next goal. Or something twice a day for 14 days. ;-)
Thanks for sharing!
Shirley
I think it's great you did what you could physically do! I hate all the competition and bragging about what people do. It's one thing to be positive and talk about goals, but to a degree. I love 14 too! I was born on the 14th too!
I'm so glad you decided to join us! It sounds like you had great fun. I think that's awesome.
So, the gaze of your drishti is on the spider? Love that picture and I could totally see myself getting in the "om" zone while watching the spider.
Went to practice yoga tonight and the teacher said "Focus on you." I could straight do that for 14 days. ;)
You are fantastic, no doubt about that. One of my doctors told me that it is my duty to take care of myself, such as a spa kind of day, once per week. That I deserve it and it will help me. And it does, kinda. Hot bath, good jazz, fresh herbs in the tub with me and nothing else!
I stretch a bit each day but haven't been mobile enough for yoga in ages. It really is healing, though, and if you ever have need, I will certainly cane a b*tch for you! <3
Namaste Anney! Found your blog after the recent discovery that I am not only celiac and fructose-intolerant, but most likely casein-intolerant as well. This led to panic about WTF can I eat... but you've given me some good ideas, so I thank you.
I do yoga to take care of myself. And try to eat things that make me feel good. And 14 days of... yoga!... sounds like exactly what I should attempt in my very near future!
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