honouring my body.
on the yoag dvd i use, shiva rea talks about honouring your body, about knowing when you need to come into wisdom pose, when you need to come off you shoulders, off your knees, off your wrists. she talks about honouring the wisdom of your body and listening to what it is trying to tell you.
i swam hard yesterday, completing an uninterrupted 1500m swim. and then last night i stayed up way too late and drank too much wine.
today i felt like crap. crap. i was disppointed in myself for drinking and staying up so late when i really didn’t want to. i was late (very very) late with the girl this morning and i didn’t get much work done at school. i didn’t drink enough water and because i was so late i skipped lunch.
i went to the pool though, and swam for 40 minutes. everything hurt and i felt awful.
i was in real trouble afterwards, feeling like i had the flu. i picked up the girl, we rode home and by the time we got here i felt like i was going to be sick. i drank a big glass of water, popped some advil and turned on a video. i felt better after a couple of hours, but i’m off to bed by 10, no fooling around.
i learned something today, not for the first time. if i do not care for myself, if i do not honour my body, i cannot do the things i want to do. if i do not take of meself, i cannot be the person - the mother, the human, the self - i want to be.
it’s the wisdom of knowing when to listen to your body.
I have been thinking about doing some yoga for years. years. but i just haven’t gotten off my butt to get a yoga dvd or join a class. I’ve heard it is amazing for stress relief and just relaxation. I was thinking of you while I was on vacation because I went swimming at the hotel.. and I did a couple of laps and thought about how much I LOVE swimming for exercise. It’s just so hard to get to a pool. And with the skin issues I get so self conscious. It was so nice there because the pool was empty and just gorgeous at the top of the building looking onto the city.