Amber - The Big Picture

Once again I decided to go to the morning yoga class. This morning it was at 5:30 AM. I woke up at 4:30 again. I took the dogs on the same walk I go on every day. I almost slipped and fell - clearly I did not have a mirror in front of me to focus on and balance. It's also hard to focus when you can barely open your eyes. I quickly changed and left the house at 4:45 AM. I had packed my bag the night before. I even remembered a hair brush this time. This morning was a small class. After taking all of the evening classes that had been hitting nearly 50 people it was so nice to spread out. I don't think there was a double row anywhere.

Class started promptly. I am SO close to being able to grab my foot on the standing head to knee pose. The standing bow posture I can normally hold. I may fall out of it once - today I seemed to have left my balance at home in bed. I normally dread the triangle pose, but today it seemed to work! The rest of the standing series went smoothly. I was going deeper into the stretches and it felt great. Today's instructor was the same one that assisted me about a week ago. She is so encouraging. (I'm not just saying that because I found out she reads this) She has great dialogue that keeps you going throughout. I am not sure how they have the huge energy they do at 5:30 in the morning. After about 30 minutes I'm right there with them - but I definitely didn't start that way!

Motivation, determination, focus, commitment, energy, passion, desire are all things that get you through the class. Aren't these the same thing you can apply to anything in life though? It makes it easier to do the things that take you out of the comfort zone when you can apply the aforementioned traits to the big picture. While Bikram is broken into 3 distinct parts made up of 26 asanas and 2 breathing exercises, it is one fluid meditation. It takes some of those things you don't like to get to the things you do like. I find taking the class in the morning is a perfect start to my day. I walk in to work more motivated and focused. I am far more productive. Even though I take a break every morning to write this blog - it re-focuses me on the life lessons I am learning through the meditation. Once again - the big picture. Ultimately, isn't that what this is about?