A little background info about me... for most of my life I have been a petite woman who barely weighed over 100# when I graduated college. And after meeting the love of my life, who so happens to be 6'4'' and 200#+, I started eating a bit more than usual. I have never been one to exercise (I seriously DISLIKE gyms) and was a dancer most of my younger years. I put on over 30# of weight in about three years. At this time last year I finally got fed up and made a change. I changed eating habits, beefed up my nutrition and got back to normal! YEAH ME!! But the question was... what can I do, that I enjoy doing, not to get back to my "unhappy" place again?
Luckily, I met a friend through our USANA business, Jay who introduced me to Bikram yoga and it changed my life. Bikram is a funny thing though, as I have a love-hate relationship with it :) Picture this: You are in a room that is 105 degrees for 90 minutes, doing 26 different postures. And it IS NOT a cake walk! I THOUGHT I was flexible, until Bikram. I am challenged both physically AND mentally. It is absolutely one of the most amazing I have ever done and will do for myself.
As I said earlier, ever since the first day I tried Bikram I felt a tug inside of me to do the challenge. To sign my name on the wall of the studio and feel the sense of accomplishment for achieving such an incredible feat. But, thinking about something and doing it are a whole different story. It was just this past month when I just knew I really had to do it. You see, Bikram brought me out of one of the deepest depressions I have ever been in. In the past 5 months, I had lost BOTH of my grandparents and an uncle who was very dear to me, along with a few other things that were going on in my life. I am a firm believer that this yoga heals. Not only physically, but mentally. I remember talking to my grandmother when she was in rehab before she passed away telling her all about my new love. I laugh thinking about how she called me NUTS to be in a room for that long being that hot! But, I explained to her the euphoria it made me feel after. How that last savasana (the dead pose), was worth all 90 minutes of hard work. She was so happy for me that I found something I was so passionate about and urged me to do the challenge.
So, I WILL accomplish this goal of going to Bikram everyday, for 60 days. I will do it not only for me but also for my Granny, who I already miss dearly.
Pray for me and WISH ME LUCK!