After 33 days, I’m finally done with the #purification rundown. Yes, 33 long days of 30 minutes on the treadmill and 4.5 hours in the sauna sweating out toxins that have accumulated in the body.
How was my experience? From day one, I could feel stuff coming out of my system.
And just like that, there is soul in everything I do.
I sub for a yoga teacher last night and was surprised to see a lot of the students using yoga belts and blocks when they bind or bend. I have never been a fan of blocks and belts and have never encouraged any of my students to use them. I always stick to the belief that the body will eventually adjust, open, or release at the right moment. When the body is ready, it will just happen. No pressure. No comparing with the teacher or their classmates.
It’s the body’s journey.
I have been practicing yoga since 2005. First from books then from a teacher from Japan, then a teacher in Manila then teachers in India, some more teachers in Bali, and back to my teacher in Manila. Although I don’t get to practice everyday and I admit that there are days when yoga is the last thing I want to do, there are so many things in life that I have learned through yoga practice. Here are some of them:
And I will always love yoga and India. (Photo by Faye V. Ferrer, Dec. 2008)
8th day into my Master Cleanse and I still feel so energetic. I don’t feel hungry at all. A bit emotional, yes, but that’s part of the cleanse.
I do physical cleansing whenever I need to clear my thoughts. It’s the same in yoga – you hold one pose for a period of time to still the body in the hopes that you will eventually be able to still the mind.
As they always say, how you do one thing is how you do everything. So regular body cleansing translates to regular mind clearing.
