Musings about healthy people

Whenever I get back into a routine, especially a health-related one like going to yoga regularly or going to the gym every morning, I suddenly find myself more motivated to accomplish everything else in my life.  All of a sudden my room is a little cleaner, I actually have fresh produce overflowing from my refrigerator, and I call my mom (shout out to my Mom!).  A running start to the day keeps me on this action momentum, so I want to keep the productivity going.  It's like I am so proud of myself for going to Bikram that I want to tell everybody this accomplishment [so I started a blog about it, haha].  And in order to be really proud of that, I have to accomplish tons of other things too.  Self-fulfilling prophecy?  I don't know...you know, "accomplished and healthy people" do things like go to the gym three times a day and eat a Paleo diet, while buyling ONLY what they need from Target.  Maybe one's brain gets re-wired a certain way when it gets optimal amounts of exercise.  I'd love to become one of those people, because I can't begin imagine how efficient I'd be on any given day.  I'll let you know how that turns out :)

  

My Groupon is running out!

I have 2 weeks to go to 9 more classes!  Im going to try and go on all of my off days from work between now and the 11th. I'd say I'm going to class regularly these days, usually twice a week, but 20 classes is a lot!  This 20 for $40 Groupon was awesome!  And I do completely promote doing Bikram the economical way.  $20 a class is excessive.  It truly is a practice exclusive to privileged, crazy folks who make this practice seem like a low grade cult. It's an addiction, but when it vomrs down to it, the suffering I go through does not compare to other stuff I'd pay $20 for, na' mean?  And if you can make yourself do this shit, then you can def go to a (cheaper) gym.

But it does feel gooooood.  (Though I understand there are a lot of other methods more relaxing and fun to achieve the same feeling...it's a cult?).   Which is why I go. And as a nurse and person who regularly pushes her body to extremes, I push myself to do these extreme Bikram classes to make sure my body is in it for the long haul.  Its a more than decent way to condition and maximize organ and muscle strength and performance.  Insurance, if you will.   Why do you think in every studio that for every thirty something yuppie, there are two older, more "mature" yogis that do this practice every morning, putting us all to shame?  And every yin has its yang. Is it terrible that I think everything requires a certain amount of suffering to achieve any positive?

Today's class was no exception, just because the outside climate felt just like the yoga room; it was hot as Hades out today!  So there was no relief once it was (finally) over. I admit that the reason I went to class today was not to enjoy the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits it has to offer, but it was just to use up my Groupon.  Also I took a nice long nap today that I felt guilty about taking.  Stinginess and guilt are horrible motives, but ooh-wee, it felt nice after the grueling 90 mins!  My reasonable effort to make myself go to class tonight was cosmically rewarded by extremely positive energy for the evening, and surprisingly I had only positive things to marvel about during my dinner with Heidi.  I was just a super happy girl tonight, and I'm so glad I dragged my butt to class.  I'm sure it will be part of the reason I live til I'm 120!