Day 11: Yin again

When I got home from work, I wasn't feeling great - I've got a sore throat this week and I had a headache.  I did a few neglected chores instead of yoga then when Dave got home, we headed to the pub for dinner.  I felt a bit better after a nice walk, dinner and a chat so he convinced me to do Yin when we got home around 8:45pm.

I find the first few poses really challenging to get into and hold and I was in a bit of a defeatist mood.  Then Travis was talking about this practice being difficult because you have time to think.  I don't like to access my inner brain because what's there tends to bring me down - there's a reason all that crap gets locked away and I never look at it!  So I went in a bit of a grump and stopped the dvd half way.

Dave convinced me to carry on and he joined me, but then we had a bit of chit chat and a few giggles during the class, so whilst I did the physical part of it, I didn't allow myself to get into the stillness.  I know it's something I need to work on - that's one of the reasons I started the yoga challenge!  I've spent the past few years doing very physical challenges (triathlons, Tough Mudder, a solo bike ride across Canada), but I've never given myself the opportunity to challenge myself emotionally.  Riding across Canada was much easier.