Day 5 - Doing a Double

This morning I was up at quater past five to do my first 'double' in the 30 Day Bikram Yoga Challenge; as I work on Saturdays I can never get to class so I have to do two classes one day of the week to catch up. The first class was great, my neck's been giving me a bit of trouble but that seemed to ease off.

TONIGHT, however, I was struggling. The room was SO humid - like I could barely breathe humid. The heat wasn't too bad but the humidity was hard core last night. My neck is definitely getting better but it was a struggle finding the focus of my breath, not giving in to my mind, telling me I wanted to leave, ignoring all the people who WERE leaving (probably the most disturbed class I've been to, with people getting up, going to the bathroom, leaving, etc etc. Very annoying). I thanked myself for going.

I've got back to the place where being raw is easy. The cravings for all the food that comes in boxes and packets have left me, leaving a place of creativity where I am surrounded by bright coloured, fresh, sweet smelling ingredients, enthusiastic to make every meal look and taste delicious; where the simplicity of a smoothie or a green salad satisfies me.

Over the next coming week I'm going to make an effort to try new recipes and ideas for salads, smoothies, dips, desserts, anything that makes me excited about the food I'm going to eat. Time is limited because of the yoga challenge but actually thats worked out well as it means I'm eating far simpler food, thats quick and easy to prepare, and always delicious, reminding me I don't need a dehydrator or any complicated recipes to be raw everyday.