30 day challenge after not practising for 3 months

Hi Randi

Welcome to the forum! And thanks for the little note about the MasterClass manual. :cheese:

A very powerful way to approach your 30 day challenge is with an outcome in mind. Attach it – for example – to the way you will be able to be more active because your body aches disappear and (if this appropriate) you’ll be more able to participate with activities with the family. If it’s just attached to say, your wish to lose weight then that may not be a strong enough as that goal in and of itself may not have been sufficient up to now. You’ll work out what that seductive motivation is. It could have something to do with the way you’ll feel WHEN you’ve lost that weight, or done those classes, or the type of person you’ll be because you’ve accomplished it.

That’s one thing. The other is that I would suggest that you allow some wriggle room in your own ‘rules’ for your challenge. Make sure that you work in a day off per week. Make it 6 days minimum so you don’t wear yourself out and your body can recover.

It is possible that events beyond your control could make it impossible to attend a class one day. Then you just make sure that you take no other days off that week.

If you’re happy to start on September 12 then attend 4 classes up until that time and that should get you well on the way to re-developing the stamina and getting body re-acclimatized to the heat. However if you’ve done this yoga for 3 years then you kinda know the score, so if your outcome (see above) is strong enough theoretically there is NO reason why you couldn’t start tomorrow – just as long as you listen to your body (paying attention to your acclimatization process and the way it affects your practice, your hydration and electrolyte needs and any aches or pains that need to be noticed so you can adapt your poses).

Have fun, let me know what you decide.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂