I M Perfect lady

As emotion poured out of me, and down my cheeks and into my ears, with knee quivering, hands softly rubbing my body, I lay there and listened to foreign words, being sung by a kind man, Bikram. 

He is very tough and demands lots from me in each pose, as he twists and wrings my muscles, or points out my weakness as my knees wobble striving for balance, he requires 110% always.

I am happy he set the bar high, that he won’t allow less than my utmost best.

In the past I felt that those who loved you should give you slack, what I now know is that those who love you the most demand the most from you, never letting you slip into a lesser version of your self.

As he ends the floor exercises, he comments, “one of these days, you will know what this yoga is all about, this yoga makes you you.”

He also says, “no one on this earth knows the purpose of your birth.” 

I hear him saying we are free to be who we are meant to be, that others don’t know what our inner desires and needs are, and we may not, for I for one served so many, but never myself. 

I feel such gratitude that this yoga will return this body to me, and give me the strength and courage to be more and more myself. 

Thank you all my yoga buddies for walking with me, for it brings me great peace knowing you are all there.  Each of us will be much stronger and more ourselves by the end of the 60 days.

Seven days into the reconstruction of a stronger healthier me!