Bikram Yoga #10, V-Day & the Bike
I always get nervous before I go to Bikram Yoga class. I wonder if I’ve had enough water, if my lunch has been digested and if I’ll make it there in one piece.
Category Archives: Health | Midlife
Show Up and Stay in the Room
A woman came up to me after her second Bikram Yoga class this afternoon and asked ‘How did you do nine classes in ten days?’ This was my reply: I never put any expectations on myself. If all I do is show up and stay in the room for ninety minutes I’m still getting the… Read More
Bikram Yoga #3 – #9 — My Ten Day Yoga Experience
This afternoon I will attend my ninth Bikram Yoga class in ten days. This experience has been life changing. Here are the things that have changed.
Bikram Yoga #2
I went to Bikram yesterday afternoon and found it tougher than the first class. My hands were so sweaty I couldn’t grab hold of my body. I did less poses than I did in the first class.
Bikram Yoga #1
This morning I attended my first Bikram yoga class hoping the hot room would give me a better range of motion in my shoulder and perhaps allow some healing.
To sleep, perchance to dream
I have always been an expert sleeper. I’m one of those people who wake up in the same position they went to sleep without any recollection of the hours in between. I’ve been known to sleep through earthquakes, storms and noisy parties. I have taken for granted my ability to sleep.
perry.meno.paws
My period has disappeared again. It happened once before for three months and then it came back. I know it isn’t coming back any time soon because my boobs aren’t sore (PMT). But it seems that the price of smaller, happier breasts is the dreaded hot flushes. It is hard to explain how weird a… Read More
Summertime
Three new outfits for summer.
The Gap
There is a gap between what I wish was true, and what actually is. And as much as I wish it was otherwise, there is nothing I can do to effortlessly transform into a natural size eight.
Dementia
My mother sent me a text message telling me my father has dementia.
Tell Me What You Will Miss When You Die
Getting up at 5am to run in the cold icy dawn…or feeling your boyfriend inside you while the curtains of sleep still soften the thoughts in your brain…
Connection to Me
What amazes me is this connection with my body. When I was dieting, I tried so hard to ignore the biological impulse of hunger that I blocked everything else out.
Three Years Sober
Today I have been sober for three years. My addiction wasn’t drugs or alcohol but using food and exercise as a means of both punishment and comfort. I have/had bulimia.