Days 9,10,11,12 - So it seems….

So it seems that actually doing the 30 day challenge is easier than writing about it.   I guess I've been slacking with the updates….but on a good note I have not been slacking on the yoga!  I have been going faithfully everyday and have completed 12 classes so far.  My injuries are getting better and I am back to 100% in class and loving the sweat.  It's worth mentioning that I am now so used to the sweat that I crave it and want to go to the hottest, sweatiest class.  It's also nice seeing some familiar faces in every class now….there are a few of us that seem to be on the same schedule and going regularly.  It's great to practice with regulars…there's a comradery there….even though we never speak…maybe just a smile or a hello.  It's like we are bonded by the sweat….day in and day out breathing and sweating together through the yoga. As hard as it feels sometimes it's nice to know there are others in class experiencing the same feelings and emotions that I am experiencing in class.  At least I think they are?  It seems like it.  Well, maybe they don't feel the comradery but I do!!  Last night in my 12th class there was a woman I had seen the night before.  She had come in enquiring about the practice and how hard she wants to work out and lose her extra weight…I could sense her sincerity and desperation to change.  It was a welcome surprise to see her in class last night.  I could tell she was ready for the yoga…I gave her an acknowledging smile and willed for her the determination to do it. …to stay through class and find the calm within the panic of her first bikram yoga class.   I remember my first class and how hard and unexpected it was.  It's after I see someone struggling just to breathe in their first class that I realise how far I have come.  I might not be the best practitioner but I can always find and calm my breath through whatever my body is experiencing in class.  I was quite saddened when she disappeared after standing head to knee pose. She left and never came back.  I understand how intimidating it can be when there are people bending and balancing in all sorts of different ways that my body can only hope to do one day.  But all she had to do was stay in the room…stay in the heat.   I hope she comes back….