Today is the Day

I’m excited to say that today is the first day of my 21-day yoga challenge.  The challenge kicks off with a meeting this afternoon and then a hot yoga class.  I like hot yoga because it loosens up my muscles and joints so I can do the poses better and deepen them a little more.

This week, I’ll be doing another fruit/veggie fast.  The last one was great.  I felt really good during the fast.

This challenge focuses more on decluttering your life.  I’m not really sure how yet, but I’ll know after the meeting today.

More people my age would do yoga if they knew how much better it makes you feel.

I’m Having a Beautiful Day

There is beauty in all days.  This morning, I awoke to thunder in the distance and the sound of rain softly falling on the roof.  I thought about getting up, but it’s my day off and there is no reason I can’t sleep in on my day off.  I stayed in bed until 11:00 a.m.

I’m sitting here with a cup of Creme Brulee coffee and thinking about how blessed I am.

I’m going to an advanced level heated Vinyasa class this afternoon.  This is a class full of lithe, willowy 20-year-olds who are graceful and limber, and they pose like ballerinas.  Do you wonder why a pudgy 52-year-old would want to go to a class like that?  Well, I can go to a class of fat, middle-aged women and watch everyone clumsily hop around and sweat, and I can feel that I’m grateful that there are people in the class who or fatter than me and clumsier than me and older than me, and I can take the attitude that I don’t have to try hard because there are people who look sillier than me…or I can go to a class full of beautiful, graceful young women, surrounding myself with youth and beauty and people posing with ease – and I will work my butt off, which will make me become more lithe, graceful, and flexible.  I choose the latter.

Since beginning yoga, I have no pain in my body anymore.  My mind and heart are becoming more peaceful every day.  I see where and how I fit in the universe.  I see how breath IS life. When you control your mind and your breath, you control your entire life.

I’m going to do the 40 Days to Personal Revolution program two more times this year.  For 120 days this year, I will be eating only the foods which are best for me, doing yoga at least an hour a day, meditating twice per day and training my breath to nourish me better and my mind to focus on only goodness and love.  If I can do this 120 days out of 365 this year then by the end of the year I will have better health, more happiness and love, and better habits than I began with.

I wish you all more love and beauty in your days.

A friend gave me an Olive Blossom candle which was made by a lady here in Sugar Land.  It smells like cotton candy.  It is the best candle I’ve ever had.  I absolutely love it.  I would love to have an entire case of these candles.  They are absolutely awesome.