More Yoga

Dec. 23rd, 2008 10:47 pm
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Sort of liking this new icon I made. I originally took the photo because I told a friend that I liked my hair that day. (It's a very me hair style).

Anyways. Went to Yoga tonight! Was glad they had class. I am going to go tomorrow and take a couple of hrs leave to do so because they only offer morning classes. So 7:30 class here I come. Yes indeedy. The studio is closed the 25th for obvious reasons.

I drank some booze last night. Did not so much agree with the standing positions in Bikrams series. I felt rather disgusting even though my bout was last night!!! (I decided the wine wasn't enough so I took a couple shots for good cheer.)
I think I will stick with 2-3 glasses of wine from here on out. I'm afraid the old lady at 24 is done with her massive alcohol consumption. ;)
Well. Let's face it, I rarely drink these days anyway. Last night was just sort of fun.

Of course I have begun forgetting how I metabolize alcohol. It doesn't hit me. It doesn't hit me. It doesn't hit me. And then BAM, all at once. So that lends me to remember maybe the extra shots were wholly unnecessary. Mental note to self...

On the life front things seem to be settling down. My emotions are less jagged. I am more cheerful in my day to day life. I can even feel a little less down on my job and the people there frustrate me less. The fears I have of healing and also my career seem to be slowly abating. These are the ones that seem to be the hardest to "let go" of, but I think I am on my way. The depression has been a lot less severe. Every now and then I find I have an "episode" of sorts, but it is usually when I begin thinking too hard about what once was in my life before-injury.

I am getting better at experiencing these moments and then. Letting them go too. It also helps that somehow along the way Jim has figured out how to react to these "episodes" of extreme down. I like the shifts that this gives me. It is less fitness for me than healing. I am getting a very deep down bubbly excitement that I am scared to expose about my knees. They feel yet even less severely pained than before. It feels manageable. My stairs don't scare me. Standing is less aggravating. I feel a sense of hope that had been long lost months ago in this process. Maybe my physical therapist was not enough involved in cluing me in to the exercises. But this seems much more intensive for my legs and is a combo of strength building and stretching. Both things are detrimental to my healing. And again - when the time is right, I will add in other forms. But for now the focus on doing this as seriously as often as possible is enough. On top of work and the holidays. Fortunately for me, I'm pretty much antisocial these days so that doesn't really up the stress anty on "stuff to do."

Mostly I try and keep the house shiny and my office duties under control. And lately the freaking snow has been a bit annoying. Tomorrow I might be pulling a LOT of baking to finish up my Xmas gifts for the fam. But that is ok. I look forward to it and I look forward to tomorrow morning and a morning session of Bikram Yoga. What can I say? Once I do it, then it's over and I can commend me and also feel like I had my daily dose of knee therapy. And head therapy. I haven't felt this balanced in almost a year. Perhaps I owe Sam for the extra push. Years to come I may even begin to believe that even stronger.

-Angela

Date: 2008-12-24 07:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kdana.livejournal.com
I like your icon.

And I'd like to drink some wine with you sometime....

:D

Date: 2008-12-24 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ithisia.livejournal.com
That would be fun.
I will have to have you over to our new place. Before the house warming - which I think we will throw sometime in late January.

-Angela

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