56 classes/ 60 days

I did a double today (8am and 430pm), and I felt great in both classes! Maybe I'm turning a corner ... ? It was my 60th day, after all!

51 classes/56 days

I'm five classes behind; most days I don't want to go to class; and my skin and sleep have not improved from this yoga, as is often promised. If anything, my skin is more dry, which might be because of the weather, and I need a lot more sleep!

The past few classes, I have been falling out of postures (more like toppling) toward the end of the standing series. It's not that my legs hurt or that I don't want to do the posture -- I literally cannot hold myself up. My legs feel as if they are going to collapse under me, especially during triangle pose. Is it muscle fatigue? I don't want another excuse not to do a set of postures. I'm going to ignore it and keep on until I fall down, because maybe I won't fall down. How can I know if I don't try?

But there is some good news! I can now grab both of my feet in bow! And I am clearing my schedule to make this challenge -- this commitment to the health of my mind and body -- a top priority.

39 classes/43 days

I have been trying to follow three mantras in my recent classes:

"Just because you hurt doesn't mean you're hurting yourself." -- Lynn Whitlow, Posture Clinic, September 29, 2012

"Stand still. Be still. Stay in the moment." 

(This one is by far the biggest challenge for me. I am quite the fidgeter/sweat wiper.)

"If you can, you must. If you can't, try."

I haven't been blogging the past dozen or so days because I've been so focused on these three mantras. If I focused on anything else (such as thinking about a blog topic), my practice would be disrupted. 

My attitude? 

Practice now, reflect later.