Focus on Yourself in the Mirror

I attend Bikram Yoga and it has been the best gift that I can physically give to my body. The room is over 105 degrees and very humid. Needless to say, you can not maintain cute hair in this practice! You're sweating, stretching, meditating and pushing yourself to the limit. The thing that I love about the class the most is the health benefits. You work every muscle, joint, ligament and organ in your body. The teachers often say very motivating things during class. I like to call them "life treasures." Some of the treasures that I always relate to my life are, "keep pulling, pulling is the object of stretching" or "the harder you pull, you can balance here forever" and lastly "this is not a competition, focus on YOURSELF in the mirror." I will only elaborate on this last treasure. When I'm meditating I'm thinking about my life and how in this heated room, it's just like our daily lives. Life gets hot, we get sweaty, tired, ready to give up and start to compare our lives to the people around us. Reminder: "This is not a competition, focus on YOURSELF in the mirror." In class everyone is on different levels, some just beginning and some advanced. When you stop looking at yourself and start looking at the people around you, you get dizzy and lose your balance. There's no way you can keep your balance if you have your eyes on others, you will fall. So, stop trying to impress others around you, by looking for their approval, DO YOU! I think that you will discover while you're busy giving the people around you so much power, they aren't concerned with you. They are literally, falling over themselves. When you focus on yourself, you receive maximum benefits, your postures are more solid and you begin to see ways to improve you. I know just like myself, we all want to receive the maximum benefits out of life, be solid and have balance, just like my yoga instructor says, "This is not a competition, focus on YOURSELF in the mirror!"

Love,

Dot

Psalms 139:14

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."