many people started this year with a word. a mantra that would take them from where they are to where they want themselves to be. what they want to embody. what they want to strive for. recently, I have found my word.
release.
I want to release myself from self-doubt. I want to release myself from a body that is holding me back. I want to embrace what I have been given, where I am right now, acknowledge it and then find a way to push past it. I have been held hostage by tight muscles for far too long. it is time to release. it is time to let my body relax. let the tissue elongate and really start to stretch for the first time.
I am throwing myself full-force into yoga. bikram yoga. as peter likes to call it, bake room yoga, or sauna yoga. I just like to call it hot yoga. plain and simple. it is what it is. in a one-hundred degree room your muscles loosen, your body opens. sweat is pouring out of every inch of your body. it is cleansing + exhausting + energizing. as in the words of the yoga teacher, it is magical.
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oh my gosh, that does sound magical! Where & when is it? Does it cost anything?
I want to do yoga this year too, because I want to enlongate (is that even spelled right?! I have no idea...) my muscles.
I think my manta, or word, for this year would have to be something like push, or grow. I dunno. But I am really trying to let go of all my stupid fears & self doubts and push myself harder than I ever have before...
I love how motivated you are. You inspire me.
Wow. Your body really is a temple. And you are constantly remodeling and improving!
What time do you take your class...we will be in Utah next week and maybe it would be fun to try it out??
Maybe we could get Lisa to go too?
That would be fun to meet you in person.
Can I wear some of the sweet outfits those ladies are wearing on the website??? I can imagine that they all want to drop all of their clothing at the door if the room is really 100 degrees!
You are so good! I need to be more like you! I have a public confession. It is ungrateful for me to say this, but I don't like my body! Can you help me love my body? I think you can...
letty--you should totally come do a class with me!! (we'll definitely have to get lisa in on this!) and yes, you can strip down to the barest of bare essentials. it's kind of necessary since the room really is a thousand degrees. I secretly like wearing my next to nothing hot yoga outfits--sports bra + boy shorts--'cause it makes me feel all sexy like. ;)
and rui, dear sweet rui! you of all people should have no reason to hate your body! I think we all envied your petite frame back in the mcclelland house. seriously, you are a beautiful person. but with that said, there's always room for improvement on anybody. just don't go crazy obsessing about it! (I try not to, but it's hard sometimes. you just have to deal with whatever flaws you have--or think you have) you should come to hot yoga with us too!
ps. letty, I'll email you with some info
i've always wanted to try this. i love hearing about it from a pro!
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