Recirculating … sense of humor to the rescue…if not the restorative poses sequenced to re-energize and re-boot this tired yogini. Yes, us humans do get tired. However, when you get up in the morning, if you are STILL tired, then something needs to change.
Having experienced a near wipe-out, and resurrecting out of it – the recovery process, the lessons learned, the journey where again the footwork regaining the former bounce, skip and jump – has not gone wasted – I tried yoga (& sticking with it as it WORKS), acupuncture, dietary refinement (yes), supplements(no), Reiki, aromatherapy, couple other (secret:) healing modalities… and so with gratitude to report that they all work – especially yoga – and friends will recognize that I am fairly back to normal. Not quite doing Bikram or power yoga 3 times a week in the needy striving stage and never will again but more enlightened and happy; less driven and less mindless.
As we all know, fatigue or exhaustion – when you are tired, you are no longer yourself. Your personality changes (for the worst). You are not the best you can be. Rather than being the busy person for the sake of being busy, everyday you want to wake up with a smile on your face and ask yourself, is there something I can be doing better? Is there something I don’t know I can find out more about and learn? For that attitude to take place, it is helpful to have that sense of purpose – that you are serving – a purpose. And before all this high talk, you need to wake up in the morning NOT already tired so … if you are waking up in the morning tired or negative in any way, before the day even gets started, re-evaluate and consult Self first and then health and wellness professionals. Find out the root cause. Then visit a yoga studio:) Try couple of different styles of classes and select 1-3 you can dedicate to making it part of your life – in other words, have a program to stick with for minimum 3 months and see what happens. Yoga to me is not exercise and mere fitness. You just have to experience it.
When I first walked into a yoga class – I think it was Hatha class at Berkeley’s YMCA to manage my Cal-student-stress, I walked out and never went back to that class. To me it was so boring – I needed the sounds, the beat, the speed, more movement – so I went to aerobics classes with blaring loud sounds with pulsing beat that made feel like you got so much out of it while in truth, I wan’t tuned in at all. So it is quite ironic that I am preaching like this but … today there are so many different styles to choose from. Times change. People change.
& okay, admittedly your weight change. I weigh 10lbs more but … healthier. Trim and Slim is not necessarily healthier and happier. Medical studies have shown that slightly and I mean SLIGHTLY full bodied people lead a happier longer life – really. So instead of being caught up on what’s on the outside, which is impermanent and fleeting – let’s work on the inside, the permanent eternal timeless place.
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