We had a holiday this Monday – Family Day – (great opportunity to sleep in, hang with my crazy gang, and skip school lunches!).
The next day I mistakenly arrived for my regular Monday 10.00am Moksha yoga class.
But it wasn’t my usual Moksha crowd in the studio.
They looked young and looked supremely athletic, and the woman next to me confirmed my fear – it was a Power Flow class (Tuesday schedule. Of course).
It’s not that I haven’t done Power Flow classes – I used to do them all the time.
But since I lost my beloved mother ten months ago, I’ve been very gentle with myself.
My movement has been slower – mostly distance walking –
and I wasn’t prepared for moving in this frigid weather.
About 2 months ago, I decided to resume my daily workouts,
but I told myself that I can’t do strenuous exercise yet.
And I believed myself.
I was yearning for hot yoga, so I limited myself to the entry level classes,
even though I was becoming quite bored with them.
Sitting in my Power Flow class on Tuesday, I had a momentary panic,
as these classes are intense and demanding.
I decided to stay and follow the teacher’s advice that
“as long as you’re breathing, you’re practicing yoga”.
I reminded myself of a thought I used when I was just starting to exercise:
“I can do anything for one hour”,
although I didn’t really believe it this time, and this was a 75 minute class!
All that drama in my head.
Unnecessary.
I flowed, I planked, balanced, head stood, sweated like crazy,
And I was surprised when it was already time for final relaxation.
And
I rediscovered the exhilaration that follows a workout where you push yourself beyond what your mind says you can do.
Pure joy.
I’ve been depriving myself of that exhilaration for a year, simply because I believed my own lie.
The only thing holding me back from this joy was my mind.
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