{"id":7252,"date":"2016-05-31T17:18:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2016-05-31T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:26:09","slug":"taking-care-of-the-mind-life-changed-part-2-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/taking-care-of-the-mind-life-changed-part-2-of-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking care of the mind (Life Changed Part 2 of 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, I always swore I would never be one of *those* people who does yoga.\u00a0I\u00a0was\u00a0never going to be one to chant, “Ommmmmmm…” doused in patchouli while standing on my head in some contorted pose in a room full of other people with peaceful minds and who are already connected with their inner selves and only dine on lettuce cultivated in their own back yards.<\/p>\n

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Well guess what? Lo’ and behold, I am more like one of *those* people now than I ever have been (well, except for the patchouli…I don’t think I’ll ever like that scent ;-)) and surprisingly, I am totally cool with that. I’ve discovered yoga to be a very necessary\u00a0part of this\u00a0movement to become a better me. I think it was about a year ago when I had my first real big-girl yoga class at Modo Yoga<\/a>\u00a0in Austin and I was absolutely terrified walking into it. I was certain I wouldn’t be able to do most of that crazy stuff, I already knew I was terribly inflexible, and I thought for sure I’d burst into giggles when it came to the part where we were supposed to hold hands and chant. It turns out that there was nothing crazy in that class at all and while it was definitely challenging and got my heart rate up, I was so thrilled to see that I could at least try everything in a comfortable and safe and encouraging environment. In fact, I was so invigorated, I may have been slightly disappointed there was no chanting ;-).<\/p>\n

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All my life, if I couldn’t be THE best or perfect at something, I didn’t want any part of it. Same with yoga: I’ve always been so afraid of failure, I never gave myself a chance to try.\u00a0I’m learning that yoga is a practice, and there is no measure of success or failure…your practice is *your* practice and it changes each day. After practicing yoga for a year, I *still* fall out of tree pose<\/a> every now and then, I still am scared of crow pose<\/a>, and my hips still require a great deal of attention to help them open more. But, oh, I’ve had SO many wins throughout this practice, I could never go back to life before yoga:<\/p>\n