Week 10 - Part Two

72 Sun Salutations later, cycle two of The Ultimate Yogi is officially complete. If you watch the video below, it shows the entire flow of one single Sun Salutation.. now times that by 72.

It was definitely a hard class that really kicked my butt. I found my body fighting with my mind, and had to really push myself to make it to the end. Repeating the Sun Salutation flow 72 times gets very repetitive and once you lose track of what number your on, it just starts to feel endless. The one thing that I kept telling myself was that each Sun Salutation I pushed myself through, represented a day of the program that I have overcome, and that the sole purpose of this class was to celebrate the 72 days of this amazing mental and physical journey that I am on. That is what truly helped push me through the class. I am so grateful for the past 72 days, but I am happy to put them behind me as I start cycle three and make my way to 108 days!

With the start of cycle three, there is the start of another new weekly schedule:

1. CrossTrain

2. Strength

3. Balance

4. Yin

5. Cardio

6. Vitality

7. Mountain Pose

I am really sad to be losing Gentle and Flexibility class.. Gentle has honestly been one of the most amazingly soothing classes I've ever taken. I know that when I complete this program, I will be doing Gentle yoga every night before bed. It's the perfect gentle stretch for my body that leaves me completely relaxed and almost sleeping at the end of class in Savasana. The Flexibility class I will miss because I feel that it has brought me the most change. After only doing the class a couple of times, I am now almost able to fully do a split. I have become so much more flexible through this class which has allowed me to do some of the fun poses that I have ventured into on my own.

Although I am sad to see the Gentle and Flexibility classes go, I am thankful that I get to replace it with Yin Yoga and am so happy to have it back in my life! Yin provides deep intense stretches while also being a very calm and relaxing class. It leaves me feeling so amazing without ever having to break a sweat. I am looking forward to CrossTrain coming back too. I love how this yoga class dabbles between balance, strength, flexibility, cardio and stamina. I really enjoy it and the class just flies by. 

I honestly feel that this program has changed my life. I don't know how I would've made it through this semester of classes with such heavy workloads without it. In moments where I wanted to scream, I was able to find calm and keep my  mind clear. If I couldn't do this on my own, just by immersing myself into a yoga class, all of my worries and stresses would just float away. It has made me so much happier throughout my daily life and I am so thankful for that. I've even noticed that my body shape is changing and getting much tighter. It's making me feel so much more confident with myself. I don't have to hide or cover up my body in fear that I am being judged, which is truly liberating. My mind, body and spirit are all in alignment, and I am feeling on top of the world. With just a week or so left of school, I am ready to take on cycle three and complete this amazing 108 day journey over the summer.

~ "Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way" ~

Caroline Adams