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Using my Astrology, click here to see how I came up with the name of this section, the graphic and of course, how I ended up practicing hot yoga.

I found myself recalculating this morning because yesterday (Friday) I only went to one hot yoga class at 9:00 AM. After the morning class I poured myself into work since I have a lot of changes I am implementing tomorrow (Sunday). The next thing I know time was on top of me and I cancelled for the 4:30 PM class. I worked and worked and worked, typed and typed and typed until about 1:00 AM this morning (Saturday). My body was getting so stiff and my low back was aching because I would only get up to get more coffee. I wasn't drinking water (only coffee) and I was going hours with even going to the bathroom. Old habits rise up so easily if unchecked. Then I was too tired to make the 6:30 AM class this morning (Saturday) and had to cancel because I was exhausted. I kept my reservation for the 8:30 AM class, but there I was, already back to the old-bad-habits that put me in such horrible shape over 35 lbs. ago. Damn, it doesn't take much to jump right back into the cesspool of Life.

The Truth is, since I work from home, I need to peel myself away from the computer twice a day because I will sit here for hours on end working and get so stiff that I will get sore. I need to continue with what works for me and that is going to hot yoga twice a day, once in the morning and once in the late afternoon or early evening. It's just what I need to do if I am going to carry on with this website and work the hours that I do. I don't mind skipping yoga on a rest day but skipping because I'm working too much is just bad decision making. What I do mind is cancelling a class because I wouldn't tear myself away from my desk. That is what I have a problem with because the body wants to move. The body has to move. [Keep reading . . .]

The Good news is all week I have been working very hard at better form with my 'pigeon pose'. I envisioned that I was more like the woman in the purple pic rather than the woman in the white pic. This week I discovered that I had not even been walking my hands back to my hips to even get more upright and then go into a slight back-bend before folding forward over my knee to the mat. In fact, I was not even attempting to sit upright and give a small back bend. This week I finally heard the instructor say, "Walk back your hands." I would be willing to bet every instructor had been saying this but I finally got 'the get'. Now I can see that I am more upright like the pic in the white rather than the pic in the purple. I still need more 'cowbell' (more arch in my back) but I'm getting there.

Today I was also able to do a halfway almost descent kinda sorta 'bound side angle pose'. I was so tickled. The instuctor gave me an assist but just as my fingers were within a 1/2 inch or less from touching, my arms slipped from all of the sweat and I missed the grip. Still, I was pretty darn tickled that I was that close and my shoulders and chest (heart) were finally opening. I probably looked more like a humble warrior facing the ground than I did the wall, but I'm still content with my effort and progress. Hear ye' hear ye' - I can't wait until tomorrow. I'm going to class on a Sunday, only because I want to shake myself up and give my body some movement since I have been working all day and I will be planted in my chair working all day tomorrow (Sunday). I am recalculating and making certain that I always take care of myself first. Always! I told the Scorpion King that we may never have dinner together again if I keep going back to a late afternoon/evening class and he's fine with it. He is happy with my results. (Winky wink)

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