What Comes Next
I am feeling pretty drained lately, and have even been sleeping through my alarm, which is not like me. I do believe that all the extra noise with two fans (or a fan and the air conditioner) is partly to blame, and I am just not hearing it. I will have to adjust the volume of my alarm I guess. I hate waking up late, it throws my whole schedule off and I feel a little off kilter all day.
At any rate, I got the dog out and had a yummy breakfast and hit the mat. I was a lot less enthusiastic today. I think it is due to where I am in my cycle/hormones etc. I have been craving sweets the past few days too. I have not had any sweets today and do not intend to. Luckily the kids finished off that cake I brought home on Sunday so that is not there to temp me anymore.
Day 23 of the yoga challenge was focused on the upper body which gave the legs a little break. That was nice, but equally challenging if not more. We did planks and side planks. I am not great at the side planks, I find it really hard to balance, especially because I am shaking a lot. I tried one of the modifications but then pushed myself to get proper form and did it. I lost my balance a bunch of times but just got right back into it. Maybe today was a day I should have taken a break, or maybe my arms are just that much weaker than my legs, but my workout today didn't make me feel awesome like I usually do. My arms feel like lead and I am just generally feeling pretty groggy and a little crabby. Again, that could be all to do with hormones and nothing to do with the yoga. I know when I feel like this that I need a little TLC for myself. Today I will do some gentle stretching and maybe even massage my own neck and shoulders a little, and tonight I will take a long soak in a bubble bath. Doesn't that sound delicious?
I am trying to remind myself that even though I may be crabby for physiological reasons, I don't have to go along with it. I can change course of my mood by thinking about all the things I am grateful for. My mom got one test result back yesterday and everything looked normal on it. We still have a long way to go, but that sure felt good to see that word "Normal". There are a million and one more things to be grateful for and I will spend some time reflecting on them throughout the day, and as many days as this funk lasts. It's a little mind-self therapy if you will. \
I have been thinking about how much it affects me when I have periods of time where my downtime is dramatically reduced and I was thinking about trying to make a plan to do at least one selfish thing for myself every day or evening. Then I realized I do yoga, that is just for me and it feels like a gift to myself. But maybe there is something more needed, something for my emotional health. That was the goal of my Past, Present, Future plan I started and quickly let slip away as other things crowded my mind. Maybe a new commitment to that will be helpful along this current journey. I will give it some more thought.
One week left of this yoga challenge. I'm looking forward to whatever comes next!
At any rate, I got the dog out and had a yummy breakfast and hit the mat. I was a lot less enthusiastic today. I think it is due to where I am in my cycle/hormones etc. I have been craving sweets the past few days too. I have not had any sweets today and do not intend to. Luckily the kids finished off that cake I brought home on Sunday so that is not there to temp me anymore.
Day 23 of the yoga challenge was focused on the upper body which gave the legs a little break. That was nice, but equally challenging if not more. We did planks and side planks. I am not great at the side planks, I find it really hard to balance, especially because I am shaking a lot. I tried one of the modifications but then pushed myself to get proper form and did it. I lost my balance a bunch of times but just got right back into it. Maybe today was a day I should have taken a break, or maybe my arms are just that much weaker than my legs, but my workout today didn't make me feel awesome like I usually do. My arms feel like lead and I am just generally feeling pretty groggy and a little crabby. Again, that could be all to do with hormones and nothing to do with the yoga. I know when I feel like this that I need a little TLC for myself. Today I will do some gentle stretching and maybe even massage my own neck and shoulders a little, and tonight I will take a long soak in a bubble bath. Doesn't that sound delicious?
I am trying to remind myself that even though I may be crabby for physiological reasons, I don't have to go along with it. I can change course of my mood by thinking about all the things I am grateful for. My mom got one test result back yesterday and everything looked normal on it. We still have a long way to go, but that sure felt good to see that word "Normal". There are a million and one more things to be grateful for and I will spend some time reflecting on them throughout the day, and as many days as this funk lasts. It's a little mind-self therapy if you will. \
I have been thinking about how much it affects me when I have periods of time where my downtime is dramatically reduced and I was thinking about trying to make a plan to do at least one selfish thing for myself every day or evening. Then I realized I do yoga, that is just for me and it feels like a gift to myself. But maybe there is something more needed, something for my emotional health. That was the goal of my Past, Present, Future plan I started and quickly let slip away as other things crowded my mind. Maybe a new commitment to that will be helpful along this current journey. I will give it some more thought.
One week left of this yoga challenge. I'm looking forward to whatever comes next!
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