Day 9
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Today I did the Bikram Yoga series and then the wedding workout, nothing really to report today except that I’m disappointed in my ability to do some of the bound twists. I used to be pretty good at them, but I’m not as good as I once was. I don’t know if it is lack of flexibility in my arms or if my thighs have gotten too big, or more than likely, it is a combination of the two. I might make one of my secret goals for this 68 day journey to be that I find my “bound” poses, again. I guess for all intent and purpose I am planning on binding myself to another person and (maybe) a good metaphor for this new 68-Day Journey is to find how that works and to find joy within those poses and that metaphor.
Apparently, according to the yogajournal.com, “…Binding yoga poses have the benefit of massaging the internal organs and detoxifying your body.” Detoxifying or cleaning out one’s system in preparation for surgery or the start of a new year resolution are a good way to set the reset button on the body…Maybe setting the reset button on my current body will create a new symbolic body ready for its next journey: marriage. Sounds a little too sentimental to me, but…I’ll go down this rabbit hole…
According to healthyliving.azcentral.com: “In yoga, binding asanas (poses) involve linking the hands in a process that rotates the shoulders and torso. This link causes the body to be “bound” and constricted by the arms and hands. Binds require flexibility both in the body, in order to get into the pose, and in the mind, in order to embrace and stay in the pose…” So…this quote leads me to believe that it might be my mental state that is also contributing to my difficulty in a bind pose.
The other thing I did today was the Bikram Series and its benefits include, according to bikramyoga.com: “…designed to scientifically warm and stretch muscles, ligaments and tendons, in the order in which they should be stretched.” It is quite the discipline. I am, basically, skilled in all of the poses except “toe stand”. I can’t balance in that pose, yet. I hope that I will get there, at some point. It is a difficult pose and I used to be able to balance in it, so…I know it’s possible…I’ll get there…
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Timer on…
Today I did the Bikram Yoga series and then the wedding workout, nothing really to report today except that I’m disappointed in my ability to do some of the bound twists. I used to be pretty good at them, but I’m not as good as I once was. I don’t know if it is lack of flexibility in my arms or if my thighs have gotten too big, or more than likely, it is a combination of the two. I might make one of my secret goals for this 68 day journey to be that I find my “bound” poses, again. I guess for all intent and purpose I am planning on binding myself to another person and (maybe) a good metaphor for this new 68-Day Journey is to find how that works and to find joy within those poses and that metaphor.
Apparently, according to the yogajournal.com, “…Binding yoga poses have the benefit of massaging the internal organs and detoxifying your body.” Detoxifying or cleaning out one’s system in preparation for surgery or the start of a new year resolution are a good way to set the reset button on the body…Maybe setting the reset button on my current body will create a new symbolic body ready for its next journey: marriage. Sounds a little too sentimental to me, but…I’ll go down this rabbit hole…
According to healthyliving.azcentral.com: “In yoga, binding asanas (poses) involve linking the hands in a process that rotates the shoulders and torso. This link causes the body to be “bound” and constricted by the arms and hands. Binds require flexibility both in the body, in order to get into the pose, and in the mind, in order to embrace and stay in the pose…” So…this quote leads me to believe that it might be my mental state that is also contributing to my difficulty in a bind pose.
The other thing I did today was the Bikram Series and its benefits include, according to bikramyoga.com: “…designed to scientifically warm and stretch muscles, ligaments and tendons, in the order in which they should be stretched.” It is quite the discipline. I am, basically, skilled in all of the poses except “toe stand”. I can’t balance in that pose, yet. I hope that I will get there, at some point. It is a difficult pose and I used to be able to balance in it, so…I know it’s possible…I’ll get there…
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