Day 3 and 4
Timer on…
Well, yesterday, I forgot to write until I was too tired to do it, but…I did go ahead and do my requisite workout. I was in some pain from the ballet workout, as I had predicted and then I did a dumb thing…I decided to do my hardest Yoga DVD workout: an hour long Hatha Yoga sequence that is tough. I made it through easier than I normally do, which felt good…making me think that my little rituals and workouts are paying off, but…then there was this morning…I could barely walk. My legs felt like toothpicks. I couldn’t bend them and walking down the stairs was excruciating. I was in so much pain this afternoon that it made me feel nauseous….I’ve never had a reaction like that…
Anyway, I took a late afternoon nap because I couldn’t do anything else, and woke up with new resolve: I will research how to get the pain of my calf muscles out of my system. I had a good 5 hours of grading to do this evening, and between each graded paper I did a new sequence for stretching and re-conditioning the calves. My left calf started to feel better after the first couple of workouts, but my right calf is still screaming…
I then felt good enough to go ahead and do some other workouts. I researched “wedding workouts” and there were a ton. I specified wedding abs, wedding arms, and wedding legs, and did a workout from each of the sites that popped up on google. They were alright. There wasn’t much that was new to me that I haven’t already been doing on my own, except the skater lunge…I really liked that lunge…I’m not sure what it is doing to my body, but it was fun…and this 68 Day journey is supposed to be about fun/novelty, so…thanks internet for the skater lunge…it’s fun…
I realize that I might have to bring in cardio earlier than I had planned because I’m bulking up with muscles really quickly. I thought I could create lean muscle from all of the yoga, but…I guess my body just doesn’t work that way. I’m going to have to alternate days with cardio…probably starting tomorrow, if I can… I’m just nervous about running, again… I was told that it was really bad on my back, but I tried it last summer, and I did fine, as long as I didn’t do it every day… So…I guess I’ll try again, however, it is contingent on my calves feeling better tomorrow because I am not running on toothpicks…too painful…
Lastly, I just want to say I’m excited to go through this process of a ritual that prepares my body for the ritual of marriage. I think it is important. This week in my Theater History class at the prison, I have been teaching ritual and the origins of theater, and I’ve been reflecting on my little “rituals” I’ve been giving myself, and, I think, it’s important to do that for one’s self. I am happier exercising, when I know it’s not just to look good, but it’s a efficacious part of becoming a Mrs.; that there’s a larger reason to be working out. All of my previous rituals have made me keenly aware of what chakra I’m working out in every yoga pose and how that relates to the journeys I took during those rituals. It’s fun to revisit those poses and remember the arduous process of those rituals with joy and novelty, as opposed to a self-reflective journey that sometimes didn’t feel like it was going to end…
This ritual will end with a ceremony, and, hopefully, the body that is shown that day will be one that
Timer on…
Well, yesterday, I forgot to write until I was too tired to do it, but…I did go ahead and do my requisite workout. I was in some pain from the ballet workout, as I had predicted and then I did a dumb thing…I decided to do my hardest Yoga DVD workout: an hour long Hatha Yoga sequence that is tough. I made it through easier than I normally do, which felt good…making me think that my little rituals and workouts are paying off, but…then there was this morning…I could barely walk. My legs felt like toothpicks. I couldn’t bend them and walking down the stairs was excruciating. I was in so much pain this afternoon that it made me feel nauseous….I’ve never had a reaction like that…
Anyway, I took a late afternoon nap because I couldn’t do anything else, and woke up with new resolve: I will research how to get the pain of my calf muscles out of my system. I had a good 5 hours of grading to do this evening, and between each graded paper I did a new sequence for stretching and re-conditioning the calves. My left calf started to feel better after the first couple of workouts, but my right calf is still screaming…
I then felt good enough to go ahead and do some other workouts. I researched “wedding workouts” and there were a ton. I specified wedding abs, wedding arms, and wedding legs, and did a workout from each of the sites that popped up on google. They were alright. There wasn’t much that was new to me that I haven’t already been doing on my own, except the skater lunge…I really liked that lunge…I’m not sure what it is doing to my body, but it was fun…and this 68 Day journey is supposed to be about fun/novelty, so…thanks internet for the skater lunge…it’s fun…
I realize that I might have to bring in cardio earlier than I had planned because I’m bulking up with muscles really quickly. I thought I could create lean muscle from all of the yoga, but…I guess my body just doesn’t work that way. I’m going to have to alternate days with cardio…probably starting tomorrow, if I can… I’m just nervous about running, again… I was told that it was really bad on my back, but I tried it last summer, and I did fine, as long as I didn’t do it every day… So…I guess I’ll try again, however, it is contingent on my calves feeling better tomorrow because I am not running on toothpicks…too painful…
Lastly, I just want to say I’m excited to go through this process of a ritual that prepares my body for the ritual of marriage. I think it is important. This week in my Theater History class at the prison, I have been teaching ritual and the origins of theater, and I’ve been reflecting on my little “rituals” I’ve been giving myself, and, I think, it’s important to do that for one’s self. I am happier exercising, when I know it’s not just to look good, but it’s a efficacious part of becoming a Mrs.; that there’s a larger reason to be working out. All of my previous rituals have made me keenly aware of what chakra I’m working out in every yoga pose and how that relates to the journeys I took during those rituals. It’s fun to revisit those poses and remember the arduous process of those rituals with joy and novelty, as opposed to a self-reflective journey that sometimes didn’t feel like it was going to end…
This ritual will end with a ceremony, and, hopefully, the body that is shown that day will be one that
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