The past few weeks have been a whirlwind. In a period of just over a month we started looking at houses, picked our dream home, closed on said dream home, and moved. We have been a bit busy to say the least. Unfortunately, yoga has taken a backseat. I haven’t been to a yoga class in almost two months, and every fiber of my being misses it. I’d love to say that I’ve improved my home practice, but it would be a lie. The only yoga I’ve really done has been a quick 10 minute routine I do when I can’t sleep.
Around the time that life started to slow down enough to get back into the habit of going to yoga, I strained my knee. It’s nothing serious, but it has put me in physical therapy for the next month. Of course, now that I am dying to do yoga, the physical therapist won’t let me until the swelling goes down.
It’s amazing to see the difference in life with yoga and life without yoga. I have gotten plenty of exercise, mind you, just not in the form of yoga. We took a kayaking trip, traveled to Las Vegas (where I walked miles and miles), and we moved. By the way, if you ever want a good full body work out, help someone move that has 3 sets of stairs between the old apartment and the new home (and I wonder how I strained my knee). Life without yoga has left me with familiar aches and pains returning to my body that I haven’t had in months. I’ve noticed a change in my mental state, as well. I have difficulty concentrating, and I’ve generally been in a funk the last few weeks. Oh, and remember the insomnia I mentioned earlier, it has definitely increased.
Even with all of these reasons for me to return to yoga, I still find it difficult. Yoga still gets pushed to the bottom of my “to do” list. A wise man once told me, “Yoga makes time for yoga.” It sounds bstrange, but it really makes sense once you have seen it in practice. I’ve found that once I make yoga a priority, my body starts to function the way it should, and I can complete more stuff in less time. The hurdle I have to overcome now is, “Danielle makes time for yoga.”
Anyone else have trouble getting back into the yoga habit?
