Today marks the end of my 40 Day Challenge at Yoga One. And I skipped the morning class bc I had too many margaritas last night.
So what was the 40 Day Challenge? Yoga One refers to it as your personal revolution. You commit to practicing yoga six days a week either in the studio or, when not possible, at home. The seventh day should be a day of rest or restorative practice. Daily meditation and a balanced diet were also involved. These were the "easy" parts. I was also supposed to commit to maintaining a journal of experiences, read Baron Baptiste's book and "empower myself and create possibility for myself through the program."
Doing anything for 40 days is guaranteed to create a change, shift, or insight in some capacity. Forty days is the time it takes to build an entirely new set of habits and practices to train and rewire your mind and body. And I did have a new set of habits for the majority of these 40 days. I became a morning person. Ha. We'll see if this lasts. In order to be able to practice and still have time to run, Monday through Friday I tried to attend the morning classes before work. Which meant on M, W, F I was in the Heights at 5:30am and on T, Th I was at Woodway for the 6:30am.
Attending class six days a week was a commitment I struggled with. Through the halfway point, I was doing very well. But it was hard. I rarely get up that early and it didn't change the fact that I am a night owl, so some days I got very little sleep. And then there's the fact that I only practice hot yoga. After I came back from LA and went to several classes, I was so dehydrated that my toes would cramp on the regular. I was at a social run one night and my toes would not uncurl. One of the guys had to get me a gatorade, after I'd had my second bottle of water, just so I could walk back to my car. After that, I missed more classes then I should have.
LA was the beginning of the end of my Challenge. I basically fell off the wagon after that and only attended four classes since I returned on the 14th. If I were to do another Challenge, I would make sure that I was not out of town during any of it.
I think part of the reason I failed at this Challenge was because I didn't buy in to the whole program. I didn't attend the weekly mandatory meetings and I didn't participate in any of the special workshops that they hosted.
Don't get me wrong, I saw some huge benefits health-wise. Well if you ignore the dehydration bc that's my own fault any way. I'm leaner and my arms are finally starting to take on more definition thanks to all those chaturungas.
So what now? I think I'm going to take a few days off yoga. Although maybe not. My favorite class is Saturday at 2pm. And then recommit to shorter, possibly 20 day, personal challenge to get my mind right before my trip home for a family wedding in April (more on the wedding details another day).
So what was the 40 Day Challenge? Yoga One refers to it as your personal revolution. You commit to practicing yoga six days a week either in the studio or, when not possible, at home. The seventh day should be a day of rest or restorative practice. Daily meditation and a balanced diet were also involved. These were the "easy" parts. I was also supposed to commit to maintaining a journal of experiences, read Baron Baptiste's book and "empower myself and create possibility for myself through the program."
Doing anything for 40 days is guaranteed to create a change, shift, or insight in some capacity. Forty days is the time it takes to build an entirely new set of habits and practices to train and rewire your mind and body. And I did have a new set of habits for the majority of these 40 days. I became a morning person. Ha. We'll see if this lasts. In order to be able to practice and still have time to run, Monday through Friday I tried to attend the morning classes before work. Which meant on M, W, F I was in the Heights at 5:30am and on T, Th I was at Woodway for the 6:30am.
Attending class six days a week was a commitment I struggled with. Through the halfway point, I was doing very well. But it was hard. I rarely get up that early and it didn't change the fact that I am a night owl, so some days I got very little sleep. And then there's the fact that I only practice hot yoga. After I came back from LA and went to several classes, I was so dehydrated that my toes would cramp on the regular. I was at a social run one night and my toes would not uncurl. One of the guys had to get me a gatorade, after I'd had my second bottle of water, just so I could walk back to my car. After that, I missed more classes then I should have.
LA was the beginning of the end of my Challenge. I basically fell off the wagon after that and only attended four classes since I returned on the 14th. If I were to do another Challenge, I would make sure that I was not out of town during any of it.
I think part of the reason I failed at this Challenge was because I didn't buy in to the whole program. I didn't attend the weekly mandatory meetings and I didn't participate in any of the special workshops that they hosted.
Don't get me wrong, I saw some huge benefits health-wise. Well if you ignore the dehydration bc that's my own fault any way. I'm leaner and my arms are finally starting to take on more definition thanks to all those chaturungas.
So what now? I think I'm going to take a few days off yoga. Although maybe not. My favorite class is Saturday at 2pm. And then recommit to shorter, possibly 20 day, personal challenge to get my mind right before my trip home for a family wedding in April (more on the wedding details another day).
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