I once heard from an instructor or a post that yoga is healing to the body. That is a fact, and I believe in that. I have minor injuries to my body, which are starting to cause little aches and pain in my shoulder and hip. Still, the more I do Bikram yoga, the more I know my body and remember past injuries. I remember playing basketball in the park in my neighborhood. My team won 7 straight games. My teammates and I were exhausted from the running up and down and physical torture. While on the court, one of my teammates got the ball stolen. I was running from the back; the individual went to lay the ball up; I jumped with all my power blocks and grabbed the ball with two hands. We both landed at the gate. I remember landing on my right shoulder. I helped him, smacked him in the ass, and told him I would not let him score that easy, but he respected that. I was in pain but shrugged it off. Plus, we were young. I did all that for no reason cause we lost that game. Now that I feel a little pain and aches in my shoulder, it reminds me of that moment, but it also confirms that my body is healing. It will take a while for me to get better, but it’s working, and I can feel it. I had to stop doing yoga for two and a half weeks because I completed 32 classes in 18 or 19 days in July. I need to remember. So for those weeks of no vinyasa and Bikram, I just recovered. My body was very sore for like about two weeks. I missed the practices to a point. I was going to pay for the class, but I decided not to take it and wait until August 2nd when my membership renewed itself. My membership continued, and I participated in the 4:30 Vinyasa class.
The love from everybody was humbling when I entered the yoga studio. People thought I went back to Guatemala, but I told them the crazy thing I did. Their face was priceless, as I said in my first post. I love what I do, and something special comes from doing yoga. It is not posture or the number of classes I do. It’s God’s realization., No disrespect to your way of thinking or life. I’m sharing what I like to do and what I’m getting out of it. If it helps you well, good, and it if does not help, good. The peak poses for the month is a headstand. So when it was time to do the headstand, it was just a piece of cake for me. But I wanted to see more people attempt the headstand, so I assisted but asked them first to help some; some said hell no, and some tried. I don’t believe in losing. You are either winning or learning. I continue my regular practice, two classes a day, and different types, and notice that my approach is getting more challenging, which I like. I started to sit in front of the mirror and witnessed it would be a good upgrade because I could see the adjustment I needed to make.