April 19, 2010

Getting over my fear

One of the suggestions my Life Coach Karyn suggested was that I try yoga. She said not only is it a great way to tone your body, but the calming, stress relieving part is awesome too.

The last 3 weeks I chickened out. There is a free class taught every Sunday at 4:30 in my town. I had no excuse. But every Sunday, I would not go. Why? Because I was scared. I was nervous I wouldn’t be able to do it, I didn’t want to look stupid, what if it was too hard, etc… But yesterday I said “I’m going!” I got on my bilke and rode over to the studio.

Once I walked in, there were a few women already there. The teacher seemed super nice and told me where the mats were. I got there about 10 minutes early. My heart was pounding, I watched women walked in with those awesome yoga bodies, and I was a little intimidated for sure!

But, once the class started, and even though I wasn’t as flexible as some of the others, I was able to do most of the poses and it felt great! The hour went by in no time flat and it was awesome!

So, I conquered that fear, and I will be back again next week for sure!

One of the things I couldn’t do was a headstand…there were several women who could do this: