KpGoing125

Thank you for this excellent advice. I'd already decided to do long slow stretching today, but I didn't think of it as getting in the flow. It's the importance of staying in the moment, isn't it.

@Kksd74628 Greetings, Everyone. New here, brought to y’all by a kind providence at just the right moment. I am starting over for the umpty-bumfth time (translation: lotsa times, lots n lotsa times) to meld with the strong, fit, disciplined and unbreakable inner self I’ve been working toward for so very long. Armed with baby-step mental toughness, Steven Kotler’s great book The Art of Impossible; Shibumi, the Japanese aesthetic of personal excellence, elegant performance, and effortless effectiveness (and so, so seductive), and now, this wonderful thread y’all are building here. I’m facing the fact that I can’t do it alone. The devil of it is, I can’t make it happen and I can’t quit trying to make it happen. It’s true, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. This forum is exactly what was needed by me right now. Inspired by KKSD74628 and thankful for his strong arm. I look forward to participating, to growing, to actualizing, and hopefully to contributing and helping where I can. Namaste. @KpGoing125 @Kksd74628

Well, my start in this thread has been less than stellar. Third day in, I finally got to the mat. Not immediately upon arising, of course; there were many other important tasks that needed to be done first. Teeth brushing, water drinking, topknot redoing, chicken crockpotting, spilled peanuts upsweeping, socks changing. Finally ran out of things got the important tasks done and found myself sitting on the end of the bed, glaring down at the mat lurking there evilly like a crocodile in the reeds. Said to myself, "This is gonna hurt," and sure enough it did. I managed half my yoga routine and one whole minute on my fancypants rowing machine (Concept2, thank you very much). Dragged myself in here to make my first report. I should explain that 1) I am dealing with a lot of pain and also overweight; 2) am returning to exercising after a long hiatus, during which much stiffness developed; 3) am dealing with inflammation because there was this box of Cheez-Its and okay, some other stuff. Getting through the half yoga sequence was like crawling up a stony crag on my belly. Through lava. But at least now I can say I got one day done, instead of zero days done. I got a lot of work to do, Scooby. Things are not hopeless. I'm eating better than I ever have -- much more whole foods and much less processed foods. And NO SUGAR for several weeks. 95% of my beverage intake is water, and I'm loving it. Speaking of which, last night I filled the kitchen sink with water (well, what else would I fill it with?) and dumped in the rest of the Cheez-Its. So there's that. Point being, I've more or less conquered bad eating. Credit where it's due, right? Ow, everything hurts right now. Rodney Yee, my video yoga instructor, starts off the routine with, "I have designed a gentle yoga series that will invigorate you to start the day." Yeah, right.

Adodd, go here: https://manflowyoga.com/blog/men-who-do-yoga-where-to-put-your-balls/

Kksd74628 said: "If you don't respect your words you'll destroy the only true motivator you have in your life and after that you're really fucked." Yes. Yes.

Greetings, Everyone. New here, brought to y’all by a kind providence at just the right moment. I am starting over for the umpty-bumfth time (translation: lotsa times, lots n lotsa times) my struggle to meld with the strong, fit, disciplined and unbreakable inner self I’ve been working toward for so very long. Armed with baby-step mental toughness, Steven Kotler’s great book The Art of Impossible; Shibumi, the Japanese aesthetic of personal excellence, elegant performance, and effortless effectiveness (and so, so seductive), and now, this wonderful thread y’all are building here. I’m facing the fact that I can’t do it alone. The devil of it is, I can’t make it happen and I can’t quit trying to make it happen. It’s true, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. This forum is exactly what was needed by me right now. Inspired by KKSD74628 and thankful for his strong arm. I look forward to participating, to growing, to actualizing, and hopefully to contributing and helping where I can. Namaste.