As usual its been ages since I've posted! I don't know why I thought I would be any different about communication in this aspect of my life than I have been in any other. I came late in life (relatively, late teens) to the telephone and since then I've never really become attached to communication without a person physically in front of me. And thats not been helped by working in an area where my need to socialize is just about used up by the end of the work week and all I want to do is read and…
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Added by ElDee on June 20, 2009 at 4:09pm —
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I think I've posted on this before but whats the deal with a consistent yoga practice and eating? I for one am not a person who likes to starve. I don't like being hungry and I get cranky as hell and really unreasonable if I don't eat regularly. Plus my IBS plays havoc if I don't eat the right foods at the right times. So when I started practicing most days I thought it was a fluke at first that I found it hard to eat enough. I mean this is me! I'm the original comfort, celebration, relaxation,…
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Added by ElDee on May 16, 2009 at 4:13pm —
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So its been a while since I have posted....like a couple of months at least! I'm really mad at myself because I have no good reason and i find the sense of community here fantastic!
So what have I been doing? Well, not a lot in real life terms. I've turned into a bit of a hermit. And all because of yoga! I practice now 6 days a week minimum and without thought. It's just what I do, like eating breakfast or checking my mail. This is so much more than I thought possible last year. And yes, as far…
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Added by ElDee on April 25, 2009 at 5:12pm —
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While I have always been made aware of the evils of putting off till tomorrow what you should do today, this week held an important lesson for me in letting things lie and seeing what happens. The course of yoga classes that I have been taking was due to finish this week and I had been wondering what to do. While I am very happy where I am, I think I have already mentioned here that I didn't want to go back into a beginners class and start from the basics again but my schedule only allows me to…
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Added by ElDee on March 8, 2009 at 4:09pm —
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I have not posted in ages! Or it feels like that anyway. Lots of yoga the last few weeks.....both my body and mind seem to assume that I will practice every day now so who am I to argue with them:) As a result I'm getting a lot stronger........up to doing full or half primary 6 days a week and hip openers on my rest day.....feeling great mentally and physically for it....Yay!
No major milestones, but definitely starting to enjoy each asana for itself and not rushing through or dreading some of t…
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Added by ElDee on February 24, 2009 at 3:50pm —
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Can't believe its the middle of Feb already! I have continued to practice every day........yay me! I think I have actually managed to pick up a good habit....which makes a change from all my bad ones:) I'm typing this from the floor at the moment in an attempt to develop another good habit, namely to help open my hips out a bit. So from now on all blogging, blog reading, e-mailing etc. is going to be done sitting on the floor. This will do one of two things - a)I will attain some kind of opening…
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Added by ElDee on February 16, 2009 at 4:02pm —
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Today was a lesson in accepting that if you do a good deed then you better be doing it for the sake of doing it and not for what the universe is going to give you in return:)
Work was busy but doable right up until I decided to do a favour for a member of another surgical team....good karma right? Wrong! What should have been routine was not, so it was 6.10 before I finished (my class is at 6.35) but still wasn't panicking at this stage. Until the porter announced that it would be 20 minutes be…
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Added by ElDee on February 12, 2009 at 4:20pm —
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Todays practice was a little squeezed time-wise. Had to drop my daughter somewhere for an hour when I came home from work and didn't want to get comfy on the couch or start reading e-mails until she came back or yoga would not happen at all, so decided to fit it in between drop off and pick up. It was a matter of coming in the door already pulling my socks off, flying through to the mari's and then hopping out the door pulling everything back on again an hour later......no savasana but I just ki…
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Added by ElDee on February 10, 2009 at 4:01pm —
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Did a nice half primary yesterday.....nothing special but still enjoying the Surya Bs....weird! Moon day today so twenty minutes of
failing at working on jump-backs and throughs.... Similar to public transport here, I'm not 100% sure that "all is coming" but I hold out hope:)
Weirdly, good old ladies holidays have again conveniently fallen on the moon day......I'm like a werewolf or something except marginally less hairy;) Although I did forget and practice inversions but that in no way e…
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Added by ElDee on February 9, 2009 at 3:01pm —
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Today I had the most lovely practice:) The signs were not good at first. Meant to do it early but got up and was hungry so that made it out of the question for a few hours. Then I brought my son to a birthday party and didn't really have the time before I had to pick him up again, so I was getting a little anxious wondering if I was making excuses to do nothing.
Once we got home and I had gotten them fed and settled, I started....not expecting much. And it was beautiful!
The suryas felt lovely.…
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Added by ElDee on February 7, 2009 at 2:49pm —
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Did some sun salutations with my kids......cracked me up! Lazy weekend coming up with no real plans so time for lots of yoga.....yay! Any maybe some baking, wine, popcorn and DVDs....my crazy crazy life;D
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Added by ElDee on February 6, 2009 at 3:21pm —
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Good Primary yesterday followed by a fantastic sleep but with slightly strange dreams....probably no connection. Today was difficult. Work was one of those days where everything and everyone is difficult...well not everyone. I have my friends who have been there as long as me so just a glance and they "get" it which is a relief. Didn't help that we all found out that we are taking a paycut yesterday. Thinking of that really helped today when I was cleaning up some pee that an ambulance driver he…
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Added by ElDee on February 5, 2009 at 3:33pm —
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Monday was great! Did full primary and really enjoyed it. Need to find a bit more consistency in jumping feet to and from hands in suryas though. Every now and again I get the balance and my abdomen engages and i'm so surprised by the ease and lift that I promptly forget what I'm doing and land on my face.....good times:D
I will practice this evening but for some reason I just can't stop eating today....it's like I'm eleven again! Unfortunately I'm probably not growing (vertically) anymore so I…
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Added by ElDee on February 3, 2009 at 1:43pm —
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Apologies to all for my "Post of Doom!" yesterday. Was feeling really down and annoyed with myself because I couldn't snap out of it. But all better now! Probably shouldn't have blogged about it (TMI!) but from experience I've found that it lifts faster if I get it out.
Did a really nice 70 minute practice today and feel better mentally and physically.
Great to see everyones posts and I have to admit I will be lost without having all the stories to follow. So please keep posting.....for me;) Pre…
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Added by ElDee on February 1, 2009 at 1:57pm —
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Still feeling the aftershocks of overindulging on Thursday......can't do it anymore! It really reminds me of why I don't live like that now and why I want to continue to treat my body with respect. Todays practice was difficult to say the least. Struggled through for about 40 minutes but felt really upset after, mostly because of how difficult I found it. Might try to find some kind of calming download to do just to sort out my breathing a bit.....I can't seem to get my breath! Major post alcoho…
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Added by ElDee on January 31, 2009 at 3:03pm —
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Had my class yesterday so that was an easily fitted in practice. Unfortunately I was meeting friends after and didn't have time to eat.....which combined with
a gallon or so a couple of drinks meant that today I was really tempted to lounge and do nothing. Did about 15 minutes just because its still January.....didn't make me feel any better but not any worse either. Tomorrow I really want to do a substantial amount of yoga. I suppose that the habit must have caught as I'm itching to feel…
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Added by ElDee on January 30, 2009 at 4:04pm —
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Last night I practiced for about 45 mins....blogged about it, and then my connection went down and refused to come back for a couple of hours, by which time I was so annoyed that I just didn't want to rewrite it. So I didn't. Really meant to comment and reply to a few people but the moment was gone. Isn't it strange how quickly we get used to having always on, instant connection to the rest of the world.....and how annoying it is if it fails just for a little while? I'm sure there is something t…
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Added by ElDee on January 28, 2009 at 2:19pm —
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So today I practiced some serious ahimsa....on myself! Tried a Power Yoga download and I don't know if it was just that I was tired but it was tough, and my god did the teacher like to talk.....while leaving you in some horrific pose that always ends up as 'shakyshakyshakeasana' for me at least. I think the talking may be to try to distract from the effort but for me it just irritated me. Just count the breath for me pleeeease! Anyway, not my style but a great sequence, really worked everything.…
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Added by ElDee on January 26, 2009 at 3:42pm —
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After my long period of hibernation I finally cracked last night and felt like I needed some company. Invited my cousin over for a chat and a bottle of wine which resulted in feeling like death warmed up this morning....serves me right!:) My tolerance for alcohol is at an all time low so its a good job the only place I had to find my way to was upstairs to bed! I'm famous for losing my sense of direction after just one drink. Really must find a more positive memorable trait for myself;)
So I re…
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Added by ElDee on January 25, 2009 at 2:24pm —
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So for my saturday go-slow I did an arm strengthening flow.....now it may have been slow but, for me, not easy! When side plank (begins with a v in sanskrit but I'm really too tired to check it out) is a bit of a rest pose then times are bad:) Well for jelly core and soft upper body me, thats tough! I actually said to myself, "Wow! I really wish I did half primary instead!" Which implies that I have not been doing half primary properly. Oh well. Doing it properly for me, right now.
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Added by ElDee on January 24, 2009 at 7:16pm —
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