Day 2

Walking in today, I felt a bit off. I'd hoped I had enough water to drink. I know I slept well (why didn't anyone tell me years ago that Bikram would make me sleep like Rumpelstiltskin?). I was hoping that after yesterday's class, that I would be able to do A pose, let alone 26.

But nobody told me I was lopsided!!!

I say this because on day 2, I realized that my balance sucks...LOL! Well, maybe I shouldn't say that. When I locked my left knee and stood solid, pulling my right leg back, or attempting standing head-to-knee pose, it was great. But standing on my right leg was frightening. I would step out of my pose or just feel my knee buckle. I couldn't believe how different my balance poses were between my left leg and my right. I know, I know...everyone has a "good" side, but good gawd! It was like watching a cartoon when the "devil" and "angel" appear on your shoulder, except in this case, they were on my knees; the angel on my left knee, like a rock, and the devil on my right, like jello.

But within that, something amazing happened. The "tree" pose - my nemesis since starting on this journey - actually happened! There I was, standing straight and solid (on my left foot, of course), and holding my foot at my crotch, spine straight, and staring into the mirror at a Shell who was doing tree pose...actually HOLDING tree pose! Of course, I tried the right foot, and didn't hold it as long, but held it for a few precious seconds. I couldn't help but smile slightly at my progress.

I had several of those "smile slightly" moments today; kicking my leg in front of me for standing head-to-knee pose and FINALLY getting aligned during triangle pose. Major wins today! I want to continue to do better than I did the day before...I mean, that is one of the points of doing this challenge, right?

Walking out today, I felt much more relaxed than I did yesterday. Perhaps that's because I allowed myself more time to relax at the end of class. It felt good. And Darla (my instructor) called me "a regular." Yay me! I'm hardly a professional, but a regular after a handful of classes? Uh, ok. I'll take that.

So now, I just feel tired, and ready for bed. I mean, I do this all over again tomorrow. Of course I want to figure out how I'm going to balance on my right foot (that annoys the hell out of me!), but maybe instead of trying to analyze the mechanics of my slightly weaker knee, I need to show up tomorrow and try again.

Lesson for today: Let go of analyzing, show up, and JUST DO IT!!!

See, I'm learning...I'm growing! I guess that makes me a Flintstone's kid after all!

Alright, enough already. More tomorrow.