Thankful x2!!

Yesterday...I was feeling so thankful for the Vinyasa Flow class I attended to kickstart my 30 day yoga challenge! I was gung ho! Ready to go! Energized! The class was tough, challenging, but invigorating and energizing. Also renewing! Which feels so great! I was very thankful for the class. And......I said thank you to myself for pushing forth in day one of this challenge.

This morning.....I was thankful too.....however....in a WHOLE different way! I was still very thankful for getting my very sore buttocks out of bed....and still very thankful for making the choice to go to yoga class! But I was twice as thankful today because the class was the " Gentle" yoga class! "cause let me tell you.......my a$& hurt....like nobody's business! A "good" kinda hurt.....like we all have known.....but man oh man.......ouch!!!!

And I then thought......many may say...or think..... "A gentle yoga class can't count towards the yoga challenge!!!!" ( But this is where I need work because why should it even bother me what people say or think? Must work on this! Mental note.)

Well. Why not? Yoga is yoga is yoga. A yoga pose is a yoga pose. Mountain pose....is standing on a very basic level.....but while IN mountain pose....it's SOOOOOOOOO much more than standing. Child's pose....is a yoga pose. Yes....it's a resting pose, yes you're crouched down on your knees and resting your forehead into the ground....but....it's still a pose. Savasana...or corpse pose.....is another resting pose. BUT....it's still a pose! And as our great teacher of today's class; Ce Boehme, stated...it's probably THE MOST difficult pose as it's extremely hard for people to just let go. Just let go of all control. That's a hard thing to do!

But today's gentle class was way more than just resting poses! The gentle class just allows for each of us to move into each pose more slowly and therefore more deeply, allowing for a deeper stretch , and also allowing for us to practice the pose more than once, and allow for reflection and awareness of what external and internal sensations are occurring.
And......It was still a challenging class. It still pushed my limits at times. It was still all about awareness. And balance. And breath. And truth. What truth is for me. For each of us.
I was aware of the fact that in this gentle class today that I did have more time during and in between classes to reflect and really listen to my inner dialogue about what was going on and what was speaking to me.
But it was also so very beneficial to helping me with working through that pain from yesterdays class. And this evening....I feel soooooooo much better! And for that....I am oh so thankful!
More-so though.......I am thankful that I am gently pushing myself to meeting this challenge......and if it takes a gentle or restoration class in between the Vinyasa and Power classes then....I will let it be. Just let it be so. And no matter what...... I will be present. And continue to practice practice intention no matter what class I'm in.
Because yoga is yoga is yoga...after all.


Namaste~ from my heart to your heart

Peace,
Chantelle