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(super eager got to class way too early)

So a bit of a cheat because today is Tuesday, but I did go back to yoga last night :) yay!
I love the Monday night class because I have been attending it for well over a year now and I love the teacher who takes the class  (Point Virgin Active). Having been MIA the last few months, it has been very frustrating missing out, yoga was the last form of exercise that I really needed to rest properly before doing (yoga is very neural based). 

Been back at yoga was awesome! I was petrified most of the day, because I did not know what to expect and I  do have a tendency to push myself, but I did OK, once I was there and in the flow, the moment and back to a familiar place. I managed most things, took breaks when I needed to and really enjoyed that 90min escape in my mind. I really look forward to doing more yoga classes and building up my strength again, also getting more into yoga on a daily basis at home! Time to set some goals and work towards them.


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So I went straight out of brand challenge to basically straight into hospital. It really is not my year. Seems I landed up with viral meningitis, which took almost three weeks to diagnose and then I still had to endure two trips to hospital (and two stays) as well as a lumber puncture, neck pain and awful head pain. I am out now. The not so ideal part is now having to recover. It can take up to 6 months to fully recover and in the mean time.....no exercise for nearly three months. eek. Once again, its a major wake up call to how important health is. Stress less - so hard to do, but so important. 

The more we push our bodies and do everything to the max, we are asking for trouble. It is so important to stop and listen to what your body is telling you sometimes. I really had a big shock and wake up call. Stress brings about a low immune system which makes you more vulnerable to catching viruses. Oh, and not sleeping that's a biiiig problem. Pulling all nighters to get work done and functioning on empty is NEVER ok.

Since I can't exercise, not even yoga (sad sad sad) I decided to look at another aspect of yoga that is vitally important. Breathing


There are many different and complicated techniques that you can use. I focus on a more basic form of breathing (see picture below). Yoga breathing allows for a greater sense of spiritual and mental enlightenment. It includes a variety of health benefits and allows for the body to stay centred and focused. Especially when you are at your most stressed and anxious.


Going to be making a big effort in the next few months to really focus and try not push myself. Its hard to be patient when you want to exercise and go nuts. I think this is the perfect time to focus inwardly and work on keeping my mind, body and soul, calm and at ease.

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If you have instagram you need to follow yoga_girl this chick is seriously inspirational and posts the best photos! Rachel Brathen lives and teaches yoga in Aruba (SO jealousy!!!) but travels a lot to teach various yoga workshops and hosts yoga retreats all over the USA. She is Swedish and started yoga in her early teens (clearly) and lives a fully yoga lifestyle
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Rachel is one of the first people to take yoga from the mat to the water, in the form of Stand Up Paddle Boarding Yoga (SUP). I love looking at her pictures for inspiration. She writes really motivational words and is really interactive with her fans. I struggle to do inversions in yoga (in other words I can't do them) my dream is to be able to do a headstand or handstand. Rachel is the person that I admire most for her strength and attitude towards a yoga lifestyle!








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The month of March was a bit of a crazy month. It really literally ended up been two weddings and a funeral. Possibly one of the craziest and all over the place months I have had.  Some great times, a few cries, college stress, not enough hours in the day, flying to JHB and missing my family. In the midst of all the chaos, I got sick, so yoga and gym were not fully attended to like they usually are. 

To be honest struggle when I am thrown out of routine, especially gym and yoga. I have mentioned in my earlier posts I cant make the all the classes in the week and I try practice at home. For the month of April I am going to strive to find balance and make time to look after myself and my well-being  March was a eating, drinking, mourning, merry and celebratory month all rolled into one. Sometimes, well all the time actually, we cannot control what life will throw at us and what the next hurdle will be. Life is pretty busy and trying to find balance can be so stressful. But, I may not be able to achieve full balance but I can at least strive for a better balance and look for 20min a day to be calm, do some yoga stretching and relax.

Time to work hard, be inspired, put my head down and turn failures into victory's 

 





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