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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 24: Christmas Eve practice 

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 22&23: in the present

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 21: winter solstice

Practiced class today with a migraine.   I guess it's all the crazy weather - it's 60+ degrees on the first day of winter.

if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 20: mindfulness

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 18&19:  Need to remember that the Challenge is not a pass to overindulge in treats

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 17: drip drip drip

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 16: endorphin release

Tonight's class made me feel like pin-up and a lunatic all rolled in one.  

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Halfway point!

I missed two days so far from injury, but I'm well on my way to recovery.  I'm not beating myself up (too much) about missing classes, because despite them, I am feeling so much more committed to my practice.

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 10&11: Confidence

I took a day off to focus on healing my injury, but was back on the mat at 6 am this morning.  Taking the day off should have been a no-brainer, but it was difficult for me no less.  I make such high expectations for myself even to my own detriment.  The whole purpose of this challenge is to focus on ME and when the time comes to do that, I see just how stressful it becomes.  Instead of showing compassion for my body, I feel disappointment, frustration and humiliation for what I cannot do. 

Back on the mat this morning, however, I had a good class.  I was limited in what postures I could try, but I was more able to progess in the series than on Monday evening. 

I came across this article, Confidence is the New Sexy, which fits nicely with what's going on right now with me.  So, I guess it came across my screen at a really good time.

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 9: Coccyx

I fell down a flight of stairs yesterday and injured my tailbone.  In class today I gained a newfound appreciation of this part of my body...after losing ability to use it!

This very well may be a 9 day challenge.  I'll see how it goes. Argh :(

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 8: Snow Salutes

The truly dedicated yogini clears snow off her car and drives in the chilly, wet streets to get squishy in the steamy hot box.  

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 7:"You never know what's going on with somebody, sweetie. Can't take it personally."

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 6: Doing my best to walk this talk

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 5: selfie

I realized today that bikram class is like a 90 minute moving selfie. 

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 4: Emotional detox

This is how I felt in class today:

I'm not sure where it came from, but I don't necessarily think that matters.  My mind/body/soul processed the emotions and I BETTER have a pretty freakin' blissful sleep tonight.  Because in less than 12 hours I'll be doing it all over again.

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 3: peace of mind

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30 Bikram Day Challenge, Holiday Edition

Day 2: Oh boy...

During the floor series tonight, it occurred to me that I might not be as prepared for this as I thought...

Then this quote helped.