unfortunately, this week, i’ve not been able to share much of my experience due to my work schedule.

not making it for the morning class, i try my best to make it for the evenings. i realised that the evening classes are much more packed than the morning class. and honestly, i prefer doing yoga in the morning as it truly gives the day a great energy boost!

there is one class which its experience i would like share. for me this class was special. special not because it was a morning class, but it was a class which i went straight from work to. yes, i worked till 7.30am from the morning before and went into class the morning after.

as i already lack oxygen going up to the head due to lack of sleep, through the poses where i had to bow forward or down, i had blood rushing up (or should i say down) to my head. coming up from those poses gave me a high, a nice dizzy spin like you’ve just had a couple of glasses of wine.. relaxation after class was bliss.. the muscles truly feeling used and well spent.

however, i would not recommend anyone to do this. it was incredibly dangerous for me when i was driving back after class, as i was feeling numbness (the mild pins and needles type) to my arms and feet, and had to concentrate extra hard to keep my wheels in check.

there’s another 4 more days to go. i hope to be able to complete them without missing anymore, despite the fact that i’m also working through the public holiday and weekend.

wish me luck~!!

honestly, i feel really guilty for not being able to update this diary as often during the last 5 days. there is a perfectly good reason for that. my work has been super duper hectic, plus i haven’t been sitting in front of my computer much as well.

also, during the last few days, silly old me, mistaking the pain on my arms and shoulders as using my muscles during sun salutation, i pulled it instead. rendering both my arms kinda useless after, and not able to do the other poses which uses the arms as well. this is not such an innocent mistake. it is a very common and taken for granted mistake. the lack of preparation and warm-up.

so while my arms are healing, and using more of my legs, i’m going to take this pretty painful lesson as a good smacking for not having good common sense. one of the most important lessons in yoga, good warm-up and awareness of the body.

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i didn’t make it for the morning class, but made it for the evening one. indra had already made my meal in the morning and saved it for me, so i went to pick it up during lunch.

Veggie Kebab

and again i was super late on Wed & Thurs.

i realised why i’ve been so tired & exhausted the last 2-3 days. it’s a monthly thing. my body starts to breakdown a day or two before my cycle starts. and because my body is still getting used to doing yoga for the last two weeks, i got extra tired. i just couldn’t get out of bed this morning, despite already being half awake.

my body is telling me not to push it any further. i’ve not done any form of real exercise in months (maybe even years), and i’m no spring chicken either.

i used to lie to myself that, yeah, i am exercising what.. i’m dancing in clubs.. counts rite :p
no, dancing in a club does not count for exercise. its not as intense as dancing in a real class for 2-3 hours straight. it can’t even compare to my 1 hour of yoga every morning. so therefore, it definitely doesn’t count.

no worries, i’ll be back and bouncing again in another 2 days..

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meals for the last 2 days

we had chickpeas & olive salad and wheatberries & fruits salad

this was really yummy on its own..

annnnddd my wheatberries & fruit salad

was supposed to wrap this too, but i didn’t have time this morning

as i didn’t get to go to class this morning, my dearest cousin, who’s also in the challenge together with me, dropped it off at my house. thanks yvonne!