So in my present life journey I have been having a hard time finding my so called "quiet happy place". For those of you who do not know (which is probably everyone who is reading this) I currently rent a room from my mother. My older sister and her family live there to due to the economy. Needless to say the house is not the quiet peaceful place it once was. So I have been on a quest of sorts. 1 is to find a better job so I can move far far away (my Jenny from Forrest Gump prayer :p). 2nd in the meantime is to try to find happiness and peace in my chaotic environment. So since I cannot consume a cupcake every time I am stressed, I have decided to try Yoga.
My eldest sister has been telling me to try it for some time; she says in her ever too happy enthusiastic voice "Maggie, you should try Power Yoga! It's great, I love it; it will get your frustrations out!" Somehow the words Power & Yoga just don't seem like they should go together to me. It just sounds like torture to me!So instead last weekend when I had a mental meltdown, and raced to the mall for my gourmet S'mores cupcake I stopped into the local Barnes & Noble and purchased a 15 minute Yoga beginner's book w/DVD. I brought it home patting myself on the back with a new invigorated feeling of I can do this, this will get me back into shape, and I will become more flexible to boot. The book sat in the bag for a week! Sunday evening I finally decided to try it. I went over the exercises in the book, and then put the DVD on. ALL I have to say is OMG, I am so totally out of shape! Full bow position, downward dog there aint no way my body is doing those without screaming out saying "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? WE LIKE BEING LAZY, IT WORKS FOR US, HAS FOR YEARS. HUH, YOU WANT US TO WORK, WE'LL SHOW YOU!" They sure did, I woke up Monday morning and was like wow! My muscles in my back and hamstrings were so sore! Seriously, I mean it was just stretching, right?
I decided I was not going to let my lazy muscles win! Instead when I got home from sitting on my butt all day yesterday, i was going to take all 3 dogs for a walk, and then do more Yoga. It has started getting humid here in hell oh I mean Central FL, so 1/2 a mile later I was sweating when I arrived back home. I decided I was going to do 2 sets of 15 minute Yoga routines, and I did. I managed to do the evening energizing routine, and the strengthening routine.It did not hurt as bad this time until last night. Oh the agony of sore muscles! I vow today that once I get into the routine of exercising everyday, I will never be this lazy again! Oh, and my sister bumped her head telling me I should try Power Yoga! If this is killing me could you imagine Power Yoga? I mean the thought just makes me shudder!
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