After a day of teaching and a morning of yoga, I feel done - like I'm ready to curl up on the couch. Yoga has made me realise the reality of adrenal fatigue. In my old life, I would have merely pushed through it, as I wanted to keep up to date with my social calendar, fitness classes and work. How and where does socialising come into the equation when you are a yogi?
I often find that by the wild stroke of 9pm, my eyelids are starting to shut down for the day.
I want to go to the pub tonight for dinner with work colleagues, but where does looking after myself come into that? The conclusion I'm coming to is allowing myself to be, excuse the pun, flexible. In terms of asteya (the cycle of give and take), I know that I have tended towards the outer often. I give a lot of myself, without honouring my needs and at times not even honouring the event. But s a woman, I often get a bit of a flutter in my tummy if something doesn't feel right. Give me an early movie and a dinner any day..which I think is why Melbourne is on the cards for my next home town. Golden friends are the ones where you can turn up to their place with your trackies on and Pretty Woman - there is something so amazing about that.
So many times I judge myself for not being 'cool enough' as I wasn't making an effort.and that because of this, I would never have any friends. But how do I want people to know me? As a phoney? Or someone who chooses to go their own way, attracting the people and the experiences that are a true reflection of them. So I think I'm choosing Richard Gere and a soak in the bath - my work mates will have fun at the pub and I know that when the time is right, I'll be there.
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