Here I am, at my mother in law’s doing the Christmas thing: eating badly, watching stuff on telly and not moving my body as much as it wants to be moved… Grrr.   No wonder it doesn’t always feel cheery. 

I love Christmas.  I love the tree, and the lights and spending time with family and friends, and of course getting gifts!  Parts of it though I find hard, and I know I’m not the only one.  I did a yoga practise this morning, and yesterday afternoon when we arrived in Yorkshire, and boy did it feel good after all that driving and over indulging.  But I’m embarassed to say that it was the first time this week.  After a good hour of stretching, and meditating I asked myself (for the thousandth time) why do I let other things get in the way when this does me so much good?  Well that’s the way it is sometimes.  And Chrstimas is a good example of how life gets ambushed by other stuff.  Like eating the wrong kind of food which really knocks me off balance.  I was reading how, according to Ayurvedic principles (Ayurveda is a system of health that is closely related to yoga) overeating really affects moods, as if I didn’t already know that, and that we need to be more aware of what we’re doing particularly at this time of year when it’s too easy to stuff any old thing into our gobs.  Here’s the link if you want to read the same short piece.

Today I did a few Sun Salutes and some standing poses to kick start my body out of its sluggish free falling, then followed that with some back bends and twists.  That did the trick.   Which is why my brain has sufficiently re-engaged allowing me to come back to my blog after several weeks of absence.  I apologise if you’ve been looking to no avail.  Put it down to the festive madness…

Good luck if you’re grappling with it all too. Try some yoga yourself and see if it helps. 

Dates for 2008 will be on the yoga classes page.  See you then.

In the meantime, have a look at this video to remind you of why you love to do yoga and how wonderful it is.