Well, kids, I'm still here. Jesse was cool enough to get a pedicure with me last night, and the more I'm around him the more crazy I get about him! Hee-hee! Good times. But my twitterpated self is not the reason I'm blogging today.
No, I have another pontification to blog about today. I started doing Bikram yoga on Tuesday and I've done it three times so far. For anyone who cares to know, Bikram is a type of yoga in which the instructor turns the heat in the room up WAYYYY high and you sweat your guts out for 90 minutes doing various poses. This has a number of health benefits, which I won't get into right now. Staying in a heat-and-humidity-filled room for an hour and a half whilst contorting the body might sound to some like hell. I have to admit, there are several times during any class where I feel like I'm going to die and my face and everything screams "I'm going to die right here in this sweaty, stinky room!!!!!"
However, the beauty of yoga, one of the reasons I'm still doing it, is that this in and of itself is part of the exercise. How many chances do we give ourselves to calm ourself down? How many times do you have the chance to be objective enough to actually take what is happening, process it and accept it without reacting to it? I'm amazed how in these classes I realize that practicing patience and tenacity when I am hot, uncomfortable, irritated, in pain, etc. gives me a whole new perspective on life.
The reason it hit me most today is that at the end of class, our Yogi said something to the effect of "hard situations give us the chance to grow and change and be better. If there was no pain, no opposition, then there would be no chance for growth and enlightenment, and thus we would all be in hell." It wasn't that exactly, but I thought it interesting that the point was, WITHOUT stress and pain and discomfort, this life would be hell. It's all the stuff we consider "bad" that actually makes heaven and heavenly pursuits possible.
Have a good Memorial Day.
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I really should do this more often. This picture is old! I got married for heaven's sake! My hubby needs to be here!
4 comments:
SO TRUE!! I love your post, and I love you.... do you even remember me!?!? how many years has it been since we even have talked or seen one another!??! I love you and am glad that you are well! What is up in your life!?!? I would love to know!
Hey Bethany How the heck are you? What's going on in your life? Are you married or what? I found your through Laural's blog. Hope all is well and hope to hear from you.
I am so glad to know you are in the blog world.
OH MY HECK- you have a blog!!! In the immortal words of MB:
"I said I loved you, but I lied
this is more than love I feeeeeel inside..."
Love, Ramps
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