Grandpa’s Hot
Yoga Challenge -
After
40 years, at 61 years of age, I started yoga again on February 1, 2013.
I
had taught Transcendental Meditation in 1971-1973 and also had done yoga back
in the day. On February 1st of 2013, I went to a hot yoga class and was amazed
at the intensity of the workout. It took me three days to recover, but then I
went back and soon completed four classes in row, because my body loved the
asanas and workout.
After the
fourth day, I heard that there was a ten day challenge so I figured that, since
I already had four done, why not? At the time, it seemed like a big deal, maybe
because I weighed 260lb. At the end of the tenth day, I heard about a thirty
day challenge, so I thought I could do twenty more days, and then after that, I
thought of setting a powerful goal of one hundred days. It was my personal Mt.
Everest. I heard that yoga would change my life and I believed it, so I thought
that if I did more of it, it would change my life more, and it did.
The personal
transformation and depth of experience on all levels cannot be fully described
here. I think I could write a book about it. However, here are the main
benefits and insights that I have had in a nutshell: rejuvenation, weight loss,
boost in confidence, and a renewed life.
On
day 97, I decided to write this blog. I started it about a year ago but never
published it.
I ended up doing a personal 100 day challenge, one class a day for 100 days straight.
But, that is another story. Stay tuned!
I ended up doing a personal 100 day challenge, one class a day for 100 days straight.
But, that is another story. Stay tuned!
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