Photo: joy by whimsy studios
February was quite an enlightening month and as far as my little corner of the world is concerned, it was Jivamukti Yoga month. What an absolute honour to practice under and be guided by Sharon Gannon and David Life. They have awakened something in me and I am going to hold onto to it for as long as I can and explore it further over the next month.
I am also still doing the vegan thing (for college assessment) and seriously considering staying vegan. Admittedly, for the sake of my family and visiting overseas relative, I chose to eat dairy over the weekend. I have had a few other mishaps with dairy as well but this is mostly out of not being prepared or bad habits being run without realising e.g. drinking cocktails. So even though I had dairy over the weekend, I really don't want to make these kind of choices again. I don't need dairy in my diet and there is always a vegan alternative. I just have to be more disciplined until I have educated myself enough to make myself more aware and change my habits. Like becoming vegetarian, it will become second nature.
Links to the DVDs, podcasts and studios I will attend and use in March:
Mon 1 - 5 km run (WK 4)
Tue 2 - free day
Wed 3 - 5 km run (WK 4)
Thu 4 to Sun 7 - free day *cousin in town from overseas
Mon 8 - 5 km run (WK 4) + 60 min jivamukti DVD (franti)
Tue 9 - 60 min jivamukti DVD (vol. 5)
Wed 10 - 20 min sun salutations
Thu 11 - 5 km run (WK 5)
Fri 12 - free day
Sat 13 - free day
Sun 14 - 75 min jivamukti yoga class
Mon 15 - 5 km (WK 5)
UPDATE 17/3
I am moving house next week and with very little sleep, I'm going to give myself a break for the rest of the month. Our landlord is selling after 5 years so I'm a little stressed but looking forward to a change and living in another suburb after 7 years.
4 comments:
sounds like you are doing well with the Vegan diet Mary, i take my hat off to you, must be a bit of an adjustment
You are in full flight at the moment! Magnificent :)
Was interested reading about your yoga experiences - well it's all interesting but in particular about the emotional side. The last few times I've done a yoga class (which is all too infrequent), I've come away feeling really angry and vile. I thought this was due to some deficiency of yoga-ness in me and that everyone else in the world left yoga class all floaty and calm.
I'm thinking now it might be a good thing... like when you have a facial and get pimples because all the icky stuff is coming to the surface.
Hey KT! It's a pretty big change in my life and definitely a statement. Today I'm actually feeling the effects of the negativity I am receiving for choosing to go vegan which makes me sad. I try not to make a big deal of it but if someone tries to offer me something, I politely say no thank you. I don't really understand why people get upset at me because it doesn't really effect them but it'll be interesting to see how this comes along.
Kathryn - never ever feel like you're a bad yogi if you have a bad day, feel like sh*t, feel angry, upset...these are all part of it and who we are. Some days I feel so vile and need a really good cry. Yoga doesn't have to be like this but I think if we invest our time, mind body and spirit into it, it really can force us to confront issues that we have pushed aside and have forced to lay dormant in us for years. It can be so freeing if we go with it and explore it further or we can choose to stuff it back down again and never really be free from it all. Like guilt. I have a bunch of stuff to work through and slowly but surely it's freeing but it can be a real bitch too. Hang in there and don't fear the yoga! Love the analogy of the pimple and toxins. Totally.
Mary, just swung past your blog and thought I'd point out your post is called Moving in March - and you've just found out you're actually moving house. How very prescient of you!
ps loved the jiva update, and congrats on the veganism. My vegetarian journey is going really well :)
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