For the past few months I have been ignoring myself a lot! My eating habits have changed dramatically and I have conveniently ignored the ever increasing tightness of my clothes. Something had to be done so last night I joined a slimming club with a friend of mine. This is all good and positive. However, the slimming membership includes an aerobics class. I had not given this much attention or thought but as the class started I realised why I stopped going to this type of exercise class years ago. Apart from the fact that I am very uncoordinated! The class involved twists of the waist, twisting and stepping at the same time and generally no thought to what is happening to the body but just flinging yourself around. Whilst this was funny on one hand (my friend and I kept on going the wrong way), I had little to laugh about by the end of the class. I realised once we started the mat work that I had ignored my back completely – it was not happy, I was not happy and I am sure my chiropractor will not be happy either when she see me!
Why am I relating this tale? Firstly because I spent the majority of my morning yoga practice easing out my back. I am very thankful that I have the awareness to do this, years ago I would have popped a painkiller! But secondly and more importantly (I think) I could not control the chattering in my head. On and on I went recalling the events of last night, how could I have gone against everything I believe in, how easy it was to forget all I have learnt and just ‘go with the crowd’, would I go back next week?
So all in all, a very disjointed and distracted practice today. Interesting though J
