#HelloSeptember

It's another 3 more months till we bid goodbye to 2014. Where has all the time goes? 

My tutor once told me time files after you turned 21. I can't really seems to comprehend at that point of time (I was 16 then) and I take that sentence like a pinch of salt.

Ever since I entered the work force, I start to understand why she said so. Every year passes by faster than the previous year, I wonder will we have this feeling when we are in our retirement years.

It seems like by then we may not be as busy as compared to now, perhaps I will have another set of thinking then.

September seems to be yet another long month! I have so many things lining up for me for example organizing my first housewarming :) Hopefully everything will turns out smoothly and everyone will enjoy the food.

Few weddings to attend, and also finalizing our banquet venue. At the very least, the first most important thing is being checked off from the long list of things to be done for the actual day wedding.

After I moved in to the new place, I signed up for my first ever yoga lesson which was held at the SRC just opposite my new place. Till date, I've completed my 7th lessons and have not missed any lesson yet. #achievementunlocked

It was my first time attending such 'slow music' type of lesson at SRC. For the past 2.5-3 years, I only took up cardio type of lessons (with loud fast music) which requiresr to jump everywhere in during lesson time. I can easily sweat a bucket after 1 hour of lesson and felt really tired after that.

Taking up yoga was a major change for me but at the same time, I've been wanting to try out yoga for the longest possible time. Reason being: I can totally feel my muscles being really tight due to running and also having to stay in a position for long from 8am-5pm which results in me having stiff shoulders. I also have stiff legs and basically a stiff body.

Derp send me there for my first lesson and pick me up :) He was against the idea of me taking up yoga because he's afraid I will sprained/injured myself. But he knows he can't stop me. I'm grateful that he's been supportive of me all this while and I even help him stretch his legs after his run haha! His flexibility is pretty bad too. 

My dear instructor was really patient with me. She also mentioned my muscles are really tight when she came to adjust my posture dirkng lesson time. Sigh. But I'm thinking I only run 8-10km a week, it shouldn't be that bad right?

My legs and shoulder muscles cramp alot on the first day of lesson because they were too tight. It start to get better as the weeks go by.

For the first 4 weeks, I couldn't do a shoulder stand at all. I felt really demoralized and I kept trying at home, be it on the bed/carpet. Anywhere in the house have became a yoga place for me :) Whenever I feel like practising, I will just do it. And one fine day, I manage to did my shoulder stand. #likefinally I finally lifted my fat ass up. 

That's almost a shoulder stand but that day I was trying to let my toes touch the floor. If not, the legs should be straight up in a normal shoulder stand and we are to stay in that position for as long as possible. 

My first ever yoga photo on my instagram. I'm on my way to trying to let my feet touch the ground and then proceed to a back flip. I probably need a lot more practice and I'm so not flexible! 

Next pose is the bird of paradise.

When I first tried it in my first few lesson, I couldn't even bind my hands together. 

Till date, I managed to see some small achievement and finally bind my hands together and balance myself in that position. It's pretty unglam to get into this pose though lol. Now I'm left with lifting the foot up straight. 

Another pose which I've been trying hard is the crow pose. It requires lots of arm strength. I can hold it for only few seconds and that's it. There's once I fall flat on my face, thank god I put a cushion infront of me if not it's gonna be so painful. 

I've read online that yogis will bound to fall many times due to lose balance when they practice this pose. Shall take a photo when I finally succeeded! 

Last but not least, the Pigeon Crescent pose which I just learned it on my 7th lesson :) 

Still got much to improve and that would means my left legs should be all the way touching the floor, it shouldn't be 'flying' up that much. hehe. And also I should be grabbing the wrists of each hand, not just the fingers :) 

There's still the head stand which I have not tried yet and I'm still finding the courage to do it. One have to get used to having that much pressure on your head first. 

You need to beat out all the fear/negative thoughts in your mind and just do it when practising yoga! Never give up and one day you will get there. I'm looking forward to challenge myself to more yoga poses in the near future. 

Stay calm and practice yoga! Hello September once again, please be good like any other months :)