Day Four, Five and Six

Apologies for the delay in my blogging...but wow, what a busy few days it has been.

I know at least ONE of you out there (ehem, Emily) has been waiting for some updates and photos, so without further adieu...

In the past 72 hours I have:

-Practiced 3 times
-Worked as an Esthetician
-Cleaned my house
-Walked the dogs
-Completed a laundry marathon
-Finished off a bottle of red wine (YUM, thanks Annie and Kristin!)
-Started a NEW job

Regarding the latter, I can tell you this: I now work in a building that was once an old church. I am alone much of the day, but feel perfectly safe and BUSY. Maeghan will understand me when I say that I had to give the space a once over to check for any weird, bad, or supernatural vibes.

Fortunately, "this house is clear" (ala Poltergist, 1982)

When you are working in an old church you learn things about clock towers and bells. Today, I was able to climb up a ladder into a clock tower, originally constructed in 1890, and learned for WHOM the bell tolls (I never really knew this). I also learned that the scary loud noises that occur every hour, are just the gears getting ready to toll said bell. Being up in the tower seemed to remind me of one thing only:

Please only click here if you have 21 minutes with NOTHING to do (or if your name is Annie or Kristi)

On that happy note...less of my blah blah blahing (as promised) and MORE yoga!

My last three classes were a mix of mediocre and AWESOME...with the best coming just 4 short hours ago.

Starting the challenge with a DOUBLE bang left my hamstrings extremely tight. Any sort of forward bend had me struggling to stretch and lift what felt like lead pipes. This means, much of the standing series was a disaster.

Because I am attempting to be HONEST, I will now share some photographic evidence of what tight/sore muscles look like. It is my hope, that I will only get better at finding/achieving my strength that will allow me to go deeper on days when flexibility it just not enough.



Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose (or Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana)




Backward Bend





For those keeping track, today marks class 7 out of 30.

Thanks for following!

Namaste