Saturday, October 10, 2009

Much improved

PET Scans and biopsies all look fine. Still healing though. I started back into yoga,gently, in mid August and eventually attended Ashtanga classes with some modifications and props. A little yoga goes a long,long way. This past week's practices were particularly powerful,leaving me feeling elated and energetic. On Wednesday I got snookered into doing Full Primary...I had assumed that we'd wrap things up at Navasana and finishing poses. Not so. Tom said, "jump the feet around." I replied "really?!" "Yes, it's Wednesday,"he said. Hmm. I had gauged my energy fairly well,forgoing a vinyasa now and then,my breathing was steady and my heart in the right place, so I went for it. The funny thing is, it did not feel like it took too much more time or effort on this day. In the spirit of playful investigation I continued on in the series.

The first thing I needed to tackle in order to heal, I realized, was sleeping. Doc upped my hormone dosage and got me set up on a much,much more convenient patch. Better compliance on my part and better sleep. I still wake up enough to drink a quart of water a night.
Next on the program is better eating. Food wise I changed the following: I keep a food log and immediately saw that what I ate, written in black and white is not near as good as eating it. So,more water,more protein,more calories! I slurp an Ensure or Boost once a day and even though they are very sweet, I felt a tremendous,positive difference in my energy throughout the entire day. I had been extremely resistant to going that route. Added canned veggies,still cannot tolerate fresh steamed anything. So I've gone to eating like a 5 year old to eating like a 75 year old...

Classes are going well and new clients continue to heed the peal of the bell:)
I added yoga classes for my students this month too. I have wanted to do this for my students for a long,long time. We are grateful to Louisville Aikikai for allowing us to use their beautiful space for this class.

My personal kb practice includes grinds,detail work from Kettlebells from the Ground Up,bottoms up pressing,overhead carries,single leg dead lifts. My goal is to enjoy honest strength arising from healthy mobility and rooted stability.

I'm happily working on this goal!