11 March
My mind is so much fresher in the morning with so many thoughts and ideas, by the evening I am faltering on my thoughts and wondering what I had envisioned to write on here during the day. Thoughts flowed from yoga to friends to the days events...... I always come out of yoga feeling so much calmer having sweated (yes sweated believe it or not) and used my muscles to there full extent. People who don't do yoga tend to think that it is an easy class of stretching and meditating. They could not be further from the truth if they tried. Yes, you do get more flexible within your body as you do yoga, but this takes years. The thing about yoga is using the mind to control the body and the body's strength. You try do a backbend at age 40 and see how well your body copes. I have seen big burly men in the class unable to push themselves up to do a backbend, because their arms are not strong enough. How about a head stand, where most peoples arms just cannot hold them..... very i...