day sixteen

since starting the 30 day challenge, i have picked up three new hobbies: water consumption, water leakage and laundry laundry laundry. my google calendar has me looking like i have a life, but really it's just all the yoga. yoga yoga yoga. i suspect i am going a bit loco, but i do feel less stress these days.

the other day, while complaining about the constant soreness that i am experiencing, my guy friend reminds me that "pain is weakness leaving my body." all i had to say to that was "i can hardly raise my arms and that's the best bullshit you could come up with?" these past few days though, during certain postures (e.g. awkward, triangle, camel) when i really feel like my body is about to give way, or yesterday when i nearly broke out in a well of tears, i cling onto this "weakness leaving body" theory and somehow manage to keep my shit together.

more than anything else, i have learned from this challenge that most things are in the mind. the human body has an amazing capacity, but the brain has a lot of hangups. it is true that fear and pain prevent us from over exertion and death, but most of us err on the side of over caution all too often.

so, now equipped with all of these realizations, i am planning to extrapolate this sentiment into the many other areas of my life that need overhauls. and i hope what keeps me diligent and sane during this process is all of the yoga i am planning to integrate into this PAINful awakening.