I’m ready to go today. I don’t even care about sleeping in. I’ve agreed to spend a few hours in the office after my practice today and I just want to get to the 8 AM class (the only class today), grab a quick shower and get over there. I recognize three other girls from yesterday’s class, which makes me wonder if they are among the six other people who have agreed to do this 30-day challenge. I am amazed to find that in my standing head to knee posture, I actually kick my leg out and hold it there. To some that may seem like no big deal, but when I first started this yoga last year, I not only couldn’t kick my foot out, I couldn’t even grab my foot with my leg bent let alone balance on one leg for 60 seconds. Today, I am balancing on my left leg, focusing on that left knee, locking into one solid piece, like a lamppost, like I had no knee and from somewhere across the room I hear Anita’s voice “go ahead and kick out Judy.” And there I am, in a place my body has never been before. So it’s a huge big deal to me. It feels so tremendous that I have to giggle after I come out of the posture. Interestingly, I find I cannot possibly do the same on the other side, which makes me giggle even more. Our bodies are so amazing. We are not like anyone else and not even like ourselves from left to right. We are complicated and constantly changing. It has been something that has intrigued me from early on and one of the things that drew me to chiropractic. I am flying high and grateful that I have agreed to this undertaking.
At the end of practice Anita introduces me, Joy, Heather, and Wendy (the three gals I noticed) as four of the people doing the 30-day challenge. I feel like a celebrity. We are ordinary people doing something extraordinary.
Later, at the office, I’m apologizing to the gentleman I work with for not getting there a little earlier. I explain about the 30-day challenge and how the 8 o’clock class was the only one and I didn’t want to double up and he says, “Don’t worry about it. Whatever you’re doing, it's definitely working for you.” He can’t put his finger on it, but I definitely look different. So it’s not just in my head. Well, it’s definitely in my head but it's not just in my head. I am lovin’ the challenge and I wonder how I’ll go back to not taking class everyday.
