The past few days I’ve been going along my merry way, yoga-ing and feeling really good about my practice. Being consistent hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be, doing yoga feels great, and I can feel positive changes in my body already. Unfortunately, today I had my first challenging day — an ulcerative colitis flare-up. Crap.
I didn’t feel exhausted or sick like I sometimes can, I just didn’t feel right, and I wasn’t sure whether doing yoga would calm things down or shake things up. The thing is, I wanted to do yoga. I felt like I would miss it if I didn’t practice. I ended up doing a 25 minute Forward Bend practice from Rodney Yee, super relaxing, and I feel mentally better. Hopefully tomorrow things will settle down physically, too. I am happy, though, that yoga has become a part of my life even when UC gets in the way.
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January 23, 2010 at 2:35 am
Colleen Wren Fontana
Hi! It was nice to find your site, as I have made the commitment to do yoga everyday this year also. I think you must be younger and more fit than me because I don’t think I could do all that you do, which is okay. It is just neat to know there is someone else doing a daily practice in 2010. It is helping me to find that peace everyday. I wish you the very best in your pursuit of practicing yoga daily this year. Namaste.
January 24, 2010 at 1:39 pm
yoga2010
That’s so great that you’re doing a daily practice this year, too! It’s fun to think about being part of a community of people all trying to see how daily yoga impacts their lives. And thank you for your note — it helped me get motivated to practice yesterday when my energy was low. Have a wonderful 2010 and I’d love to hear how your practice goes. Namaste.
January 28, 2010 at 1:27 am
Dhana
Ugh, uc, that is a nasty one. Nevertheless, you are committed and I commend you for that. I am following in your footsteps and doing 3 daily urdhva dhanurasanas (backbends). The rest just kind of falls into place.
As long as I can get those backbends I am happy.
Will keep up with your progress. Thanks for inspiring!
Dhana
January 28, 2010 at 8:34 pm
yoga2010
Thank you for your kind and encouraging note!