For last 8 months or so I have been working towards achieving a body-mind-soul balance. It had started to seem to me as if everything in my life was lop-sided and my conviction that in this journey of life, you need to travel light, was growing stronger and stronger. So what did I do? The same that I always do! I asked for help and understanding from the powers that be and lo and behold, answers were falling in my lap!
Whenever I become aware of anything, situations and people around me adjust themselves and go extra length to ensure that I have understood the reason for this attention and also learn from the experience. My whole focus has gone through a huge paradigm shift and lots of fears have parted ways from my psyche. Only as I bid them good bye do I see that such monstorities used to stay inside me! But now I can be nice to them as they no longer are with me.
I am no longer scared about speaking my mind. People who know me will say that I always do so and that I usually never sugar coat. But that not speaking my mind. There is no need to be rude to people if you are speaking your mind - these two acts are not mutally exchangable. I now say what I feel that I have understtod or my perspective of the situation AND I do not analyse and super analyse and further super analyse what I had said and if it was right to say. I also do not start imagining things that people might be thinking about me after I have finished saying my piece.
I am also a little less greedy :). Fear and greed are two sides of the same coin so by law of synchroniciry, if one part gets affected, the other shall too.
My body is also in sync now and I am more connected. I am more choosey about the food that I put in it. Prioroties seems to have changed and for this I have to thank a lot of people in my life.
I am also more playful and peaceful and happy and laughing and more alive! On the other side, my breathing is more settled. So both roots and shoots are growing and the feeling is amazing. At this stage of my life I am more grounded than I have ever been in my life.
Shortly, I am about to embark on a new journey...A journey that will have me make my final break from the old patterns and old style of living. A new dawn in around the corner and see my long lost love of poetry surface again. Log forgotton snippets of once beloved poems are constantly floating in my mind. Music is in the air...and I am walking on it, or maybe floating....
I have completed my jump and and things have already begun happening. Waiting seems to be over.
Friday 26 September 2008
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Have you jumped onto the fitness bandwagon?…or you are still walking by its side…
Last one month has been very painful for me. Two months back, I sprained my back and had to discontinue my exercise routine (however inadequate and irregular it was, at least it was there!). Finally, last week, I got the clean chit from my doctor that I could now continue and it will be best if I join a gym to shed the extra kilos that are in no way helping my back.
So I decided that it was high time I took some time out from my busy schedule (getting up late, going to office, coming back and vegetating in from of TV/reading a book, phew!...its VERY tiring, I tell you!) to at least back to the much manageable body-shape I used to have. Now guess what was my first step once this ground-breaking (ahem! ahem!) decision was made? Did you say looking out for a gym with proper facilities? Contacting a nutritionist? Talking to hitherto invisible, so-called fitness freaks? No silly! I went shopping! After all, a girl’s gotta look good when she sweats and huffs and puffs, right? The shoes have to be Adidas, the tees cannot be anything other than Reebok, and bottoms better be Nike. So thus armed, I went in search of a proper gym. My brother suggested the one he goes to, but then the cosmos finally accepted that I was really serious this time – a gym opened in the same premises as my office and today, two weeks and 9000/- later, I am the proud member of this fitness asylum for six months. Do I hear applause, ladies? Well, thank you!
But along with all this, something else happened. Till now I was being told fro people all around the world about all the severe diets I need to undertake and the torturous exercises I must incorporate in my routine, and I WAS trying to do it all. I have exercise routines pasted on my mirror, I do a vision exercise to see me this everyday and I have all sorts of recipes stuck on my kitchen wall. But all this was not helping. I had even dropped out of my last gym after one month, that too after taking a personal trainer, because I just could not get up and go there! So what changed now? This time, when I went shopping I did not take myself so seriously. So I have a few extra kilos, big deal! If it was not for me, this entire billions-of-dollar worth fitness industry will be non-existent! So I made some not-so-smart choices and gained weight, now I am going to loose it. Simple! No explanations and depression needed!
As I started out with good humour, the salesmen and women became extremely helpful and non-judgemental. The gym people said all I need to do is follow some basic guidelines and stick to working out 5 times a week, one hour a day. Nothing special was needed. No personal trainers, no working out 3 hours, and eating sensibly and giving into some treats so that you don’t binge. Now this seems something that I can handle. For the first time in years, I am looking forward to working out. So you see when feel you now have to be on the fitness bandwagon, you can also choose to climb its steps, if you are not that good at jumping.
So I decided that it was high time I took some time out from my busy schedule (getting up late, going to office, coming back and vegetating in from of TV/reading a book, phew!...its VERY tiring, I tell you!) to at least back to the much manageable body-shape I used to have. Now guess what was my first step once this ground-breaking (ahem! ahem!) decision was made? Did you say looking out for a gym with proper facilities? Contacting a nutritionist? Talking to hitherto invisible, so-called fitness freaks? No silly! I went shopping! After all, a girl’s gotta look good when she sweats and huffs and puffs, right? The shoes have to be Adidas, the tees cannot be anything other than Reebok, and bottoms better be Nike. So thus armed, I went in search of a proper gym. My brother suggested the one he goes to, but then the cosmos finally accepted that I was really serious this time – a gym opened in the same premises as my office and today, two weeks and 9000/- later, I am the proud member of this fitness asylum for six months. Do I hear applause, ladies? Well, thank you!
But along with all this, something else happened. Till now I was being told fro people all around the world about all the severe diets I need to undertake and the torturous exercises I must incorporate in my routine, and I WAS trying to do it all. I have exercise routines pasted on my mirror, I do a vision exercise to see me this everyday and I have all sorts of recipes stuck on my kitchen wall. But all this was not helping. I had even dropped out of my last gym after one month, that too after taking a personal trainer, because I just could not get up and go there! So what changed now? This time, when I went shopping I did not take myself so seriously. So I have a few extra kilos, big deal! If it was not for me, this entire billions-of-dollar worth fitness industry will be non-existent! So I made some not-so-smart choices and gained weight, now I am going to loose it. Simple! No explanations and depression needed!
As I started out with good humour, the salesmen and women became extremely helpful and non-judgemental. The gym people said all I need to do is follow some basic guidelines and stick to working out 5 times a week, one hour a day. Nothing special was needed. No personal trainers, no working out 3 hours, and eating sensibly and giving into some treats so that you don’t binge. Now this seems something that I can handle. For the first time in years, I am looking forward to working out. So you see when feel you now have to be on the fitness bandwagon, you can also choose to climb its steps, if you are not that good at jumping.
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Just took a cool quiz...
What's Your Healthiest Habit?
My Result: Staying Zen
Of course you do find yourself stressing out when things get really tough — who doesn't? What sets your apart is your talent for getting back on track and not losing the plot. Just make sure to have some crazy fun from time to time!
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