[Gráinne]

I made it through one week of daily yoga practice and haven't felt this Gumby-ish and good in a very, very long time. Besides the physical, I have noticed a mental benefit (besides relaxation). When I started at the beginning of the week, I had a lot of fears and "you can't"s in my brain. They went like this:
"You are going to fall if you stand on one leg"
"You are going to get stuck"
"You can't balance on a ball"
"You can't lay on a ball"
and so on. Despite being checked out medically and even encouraged to do this, I would stop if something was going to "hurt my back" or "I'll fall"-according to me.

Today I went into class and decided that I wouldn't stop for one of those "I can't"s. If something hurt, then yes, but nothing has ever hurt in a bad way so far. I wanted to see if my body would do what I wanted, if I didn't shut it down with "I can't".

In one hour, I found I can stand on one leg/balance on my sitbone/put my feet on the floor behind my head (laying down)/get into a stretch and not get stuck. I wish the instructor had done the big ball, because I was on fire.

This makes me wonder what other "I can't"s lurk in the recesses of my mind.