I recently joined the 45-day Yoga Revolution at the Yoga and Healing Center in Scotch Plains, NJ. The idea is to focus on these 45-days and include as much yoga as you can. Each participant chooses their own goal for how many classes they would like to attend on a weekly basis and more importantly, a dedication. The dedication can be anything that you wish, and you will dedicate each practice to whatever it is that you choose. I’ve chosen transformation. I chose Transformation because with the coming spring I feel it is time to grow and move toward our higher goals. Soon, all of nature will be awakening in the Northeast United States. We are connected to this cycle and should honor it with our choices. For this reason, I’m keeping the idea of transformation as rebirth and growth toward my goals.
Those that know me know that my main passion is Hung Ga, a style of Gung Fu. Before finding Hung Ga, I was frequently attending Ashtanga yoga classes at the Yoga and Healing Center. This was almost 2 years ago now. I truly enjoyed the practice of Ashtanga at that time, but found even more enjoyment in gung fu. My wife has continued her yoga practice all through these past two years. She has developed greatly in terms of her own practice as well as a member of the community at the studio. She has attained her 200 hour yoga training certification from the Yoga Alliance and will often teach classes when a substitute is needed. I am impressed and inspired to see her maintaining her dedication to all the positive things that come through Yoga. So when I heard of the 45 day Yoga Revolution, I knew I had to join.
I joined the yoga revolution for several reasons. The first reason being that I think its vitally important to share a mutual interest and love in marriage. There’s something about practicing yoga together that is much more fulfilling that going through it on your own. It’s not something that I can easily put into words, but its there. I think that when we leave, we both feel reconnected in a positive way. I want to maintain and strengthen this bond. This is the primary and most important reason that I’ve joined the yoga revolution.
Another reason that I’ve joined is because I understand that yoga is extremely beneficial to the body in many ways. It is known to regulate the body in terms of blood pressure and stress, and also for flexibility. I’m sure that the movement, stretching, compression, twisting, and inversion all promote a healthy circulation and flow of lymph. All these benefits are gifts that I am striving to give to my body.
Kitty would likely continue her practice in these 45 days whether or not I decided to pick up the practice again, but the stars aligned in such a way that I will be able to attend at least 2 classes with her each week. I’ve already attended the first two, and will attend my third tomorrow morning. I’m already looking forward to it.