13 classes/12 days

After helping me grab both of my feet today in bow, Ann Marie, the owner of Bikram Yoga Brewster, announced my 100-day challenge to the class and asked if she could send the link to this blog to the studio's mailing list. She called my blog "raw" and "honest." Well, I don't know how to be anything else!

While being applauded in savasana is a little embarrassing (I'm doing this for myself, not for recognition), people following my "progress" and cheering me on increases my accountability to myself and to my practice. It's always easy to make excuses: my head hurts, my muscles are sore, I'm tired, I ate too much, I'm hungry, etc. The hardest thing about Bikram yoga is just getting to the studio. Just get there, and the rest will work itself out in the moving meditation.

So, thank you for reading, and thank you for helping to hold me accountable. Feel free to leave comments on my posts or to friend me on Facebook!

n.b. -- Class went well today. And as I mentioned above, I was able to grab my foot in bow with some help. I'm so close to being able to grab both feet on my own. Also, my achilles are still so achy during the warm-up postures. When I got a massage the other day, the massage therapist commented that my achilles are very tight and I have to be careful not to move beyond pain. I'm doing my best to be honest with myself -- I do want to feel the stretch, and I do not want to make any more excuses for myself in the hot box!

And finally:

 We will miss you, Andy! Good luck in Vienna! Come back soon!