Day 7: One week down

The last day of week 1...

I feel like a different person compared to this time last week!  There have been a lot of changes - I have been sleeping better, I've been doing the yoga, I've been taking iron supplements and I have been accepted onto a career change course for next year that I was thrilled to get a place on.  So I'm excited about the future, I'm enjoying the present, I'm much less tired and my body feels great.

Today we got up a bit late after all the late nights and headed out to our little local park to help out the park rangers as we do one Sunday a month.  Then we got home around 4.30 and I did the Mountain Pose series followed by Pranayama Mediation.

Honestly, I found the Mountain Pose series a bit boring.  It is supposed to be 'active meditation' and I didn't get into the right mindset, so I found the slow movements a bit dull.  But I managed to do all the movements despite feeling like my arms were going to drop off at times!  The meditation started with 'breath of fire', which involves breathing out short sharp breaths through the nostrils.  The first round blasted all the snot out of my nose, which made the latter two rounds much easier!  Then there were slow breathing exercises which I found quite tricky to stick to - I felt a little light headed and yawned a few times.  Lastly the inner mediation I found dull at first but by the end I'd slipped into a nice calm state and had to try not to fall asleep!

It's difficult sitting up straight for half an hour and not moving.  My left leg went dead a few times so I had to get up and jiggle it about.  And my back got a bit sore.  Hopefully once I'm stronger and more able to sit still, I'll be able to get my mind into it properly.

So there we go - week 1 is done!  Every day has been a first and I've learned a lot.  I'm looking forward to being more confident in the movements next week.  Namaste.