Do we do hot yoga on Thanksgiving Day?You betcha. And many are thankful that we do!
90 minute Classic Hot Yoga: 9:30AM, Thursday, Thanksgiving Morning, November 27
Why? For the Turkey Burn, of course.
Hmmmm...what would be truly life changing?Climbing Mount Everest? Too cold.
Sailing around the world in a schooner? I'm seasick already.
Biking across the globe? Who can take that time off from work - and then time for recovery?
How about something that will change your life in a month?
And there is it.
I open my eyes and the last problem from yesterday is right there. Then comes another troubling thought. And another. Then comes the To Do List that never ends.
Now I'm feeling it: the the downward spiral of impatience, stress, overwhelm.
But there is a way to detour before you go down the road more traveled.
Just go.
Stretching, flexing, remembering how good it's supposed to feel to be awake in this body, in this life. Step right up and heat thing up early.
Welcome, Bedhead. We're keeping your dreams warm.
You took on a 30 Day Hot Yoga Challenge.You're tired. Grumpy. Thirsty.
You have a million more productive things you could be doing. Your kids or husband or boyfriend or girlfriend is beginning to complain about how you're "never home anymore." You feel guilty: you should quit, for their sake. After all, they come first. That's just how you are: giving and nurturing. You'll give up for them
Here's why you shouldn't...
A recent study at the University of Virginia showed that most people would rather administer an electric shock to themselves than spend a mere 15 minutes with nothing to do.
Psychologist Tim Wilson of the University of Virginia and his team of researchers asked college students to sit for 15 minutes in a plain room just thinking. He asked them to record how well they concentrated and how much they enjoyed the experience. Most admitted that they couldn't concentrate; more than half hated it.
No wonder. Most people do with nothing better to do will spin some amazingly awful thoughts, mostly about themselves.
But these students even hated thinking positive; they just didn't like being alone with their own thoughts.
Were these ADD teens with Twitter-fingers? Not at all. The researchers also conducted texperiment with a middle-aged church group. The results? The same.
Now comes the shocking news: just how far will people go to avoid doing nothing?
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT