Ndiqale ukwenza iYoga yonke imihla kwaye ibutshintshe ngokupheleleyo ubomi bam

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UMelissa Eckman (a.k.a. @melisfit_) ngutitshala weyoga osekwe eLos Angeles owafumana iyoga xa ubomi bakhe babufuna ukusetwa kwakhona ngokupheleleyo. Funda ngohambo lwakhe apha, kwaye uthathe iklasi enenyani kunye naye kwiqonga leyoga likaManduka elisasaza bukhoma iYoga.

Andizange ndizicinge njengembaleki. Njengomntwana, andizange ndikwazi ukuqhubela phambili kwinqanaba le-gymnastics kuba ndandingakwazi ukwenza i-chin-up; kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, andizange ndenze inqanaba levarsity yayo nayiphi na imidlalo. Emva koko ndafuduka eMassachusetts ukuya kuMzantsi Florida ukuya ekholejini, yaye, ngequbuliso, ndandingqongwe ngabantu abahle abanxibe iibhikini ngalo lonke ixesha. Ke, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndizame ukungena kwimilo.

Khange ndiye ngale ndlela isempilweni. Ndadlula kumaxesha athile apho ndandithe phithi; Kwakufuneka ndiqhutywe iimayile ezi-3 ngosuku ukuze ndizive ngathi kukho into endiyenzayo, kwaye andiyi kutya nayiphi na i-carbs. Emva koko ndiyayeka kwaye ndibuye ndibuyise ubunzima. Andizange ndifumane groove yam okanye yintoni eyayiza kundenza ndizive ndisempilweni kwaye ndizithembile emzimbeni wam. (Nantsi into enye ekufuneka uyenzile ngaphambi kokusetha kunye nokujongana neenjongo zokuphulukana nobunzima.) Endaweni yoko, ndabhaptizwa esikolweni ndaza ndafumana isidanga sobalo lwam.

Ukuqala kwam ukusebenza ngokusisigxina kwi-accounting yenkampani, ndabona utshintsho oluninzi emzimbeni wam nasebomini bam. Andinawo amandla amaninzi, andikwazi ukwenza ixesha lokuzilolonga, kwaye bendiziva ndiphantsi kakhulu ngam. Ke ndiye ndathatha imicimbi ezandleni zam kwaye ndazama ukutya impilo encinci emini ukuze ndibone ukuba indinika amandla ngakumbi. Emva koko ndaqala ukuya kwiPure Barre, kwaye ndandiyithanda kakhulu kangangokuba ndandihamba yonke imihla, kwaye ndaqala ukuziva ngcono ngam. Ekugqibeleni, ndeza ngumphathi westudiyo waza wandibuza ukuba ndiyafuna na ukufundisa ibhare. Ndisebenza iiyure ezingama-60 + ngeveki kwaye ndacinga ukuba andinaxesha, kodwa wathi ndingafundisa ngaphambi komsebenzi ngo-6 kusasa, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndizame.

Ndaya kuqeqesho kule mpelaveki, kwaye ndabona utshintsho olukhawulezileyo. Andizange ndizicinge njengomntu onobuchule, onomdla, okanye onomdla, kodwa okwesihlandlo sokuqala ebomini bam, ndakhuthazeka kakhulu! Ndaqalisa ukufundisa rhoqo kangangoko ndinako-iintsuku ezintathu phambi kokuba ndiphangele, zombini ezo ntsuku ziyimpelaveki, kwaye ukuba ndineentsuku zokungabikho emsebenzini ndandizigubungela zonke iiklasi.

Omnye wabahlobo bam abakwi-barre studio wayenamandla kwiyoga kwaye andizange ndiyenze ngaphambili. Ndandingenamdla wokwenene. Ndinazo zonke iingcinga ezifanayo nabantu abaninzi ababenazo ngaphambi kokuzama: ukuba yinto yokomoya ephezulu, ukuba kufuneka ubhetyebhetye, kwaye ukuba ndineyure nje emini yokusebenza, andifuni ukuchitha . Andikhange ndizive ndikhululekile, kuba bendingaqinisekanga ngobuchule bam kwaye ndicinga ukuba istudiyo seyoga asiyi kuba yindawo eyamkelekileyo. Kodwa ekugqibeleni wandiqinisekisa ukuba ndiye eklasini-kwaye ukusukela ngalaa mzuzu ukuya phambili, ndandisemathandweni.

Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva kweklasi yokuqala ndandisenza i-yoga yonke imihla. Ekubeni ndandiseFlorida, ndandihlala kumgama oziikhilomitha ezinesiqingatha ukusuka elunxwemeni. Ndandiye apho ntsasa nganye kunye ne-yoga mat yam kwaye ndizenzele ngokwam. (Kwaye ukwenza i-yoga ngaphandle kunenzuzo ngakumbi, i-BTW.) Ndabhala ukuhamba kwam ukuze ndibone ifom yam, ndangena ngokwenene ekucamngceni, kwaye yaba yinkqubo yam yonke imihla. Ke ndingarekhoda ukuhamba kwam kwaye ndibhale ividiyo okanye umfanekiso-skrini kwiphepha lam @melisfit_ Instagram ngesicatshulwa esikhuthazayo ebendisifuna ngelo xesha.

Kwakumangalisa ukuba ukuziqhelanisa neyoga rhoqo kundenza ndizive ndisempilweni ngokupheleleyo. Uninzi lwabantu luyayiphepha i-yoga kuba banexesha elilinganiselweyo kwaye bacinga ukuba abayi kufumana ulwaneliseko olwaneleyo-kodwa ndakhe itoni yamandla asisiseko, ekugqibeleni ndaziva ndithembekile embindini wam, ndaza ndenza iingalo ezomeleleyo. Ndaziva ngathi ndingagcina umzimba ophilileyo endiziva ndiqinisekile ngawo. Ndaziva ndibhetyebhetye kwaye ndomelele-kwaye xa uziva womelele, akunakwenzeka ukuba ungaziva mnandi ngawe. (Jonga nje lo Crossfitter ozibophelele kwinyanga yeyoga ukumenza imbaleki engcono.)

I-Yoga indincede nangakumbi kwinqanaba lengqondo. Ndandihamba ngexesha elinzima apho ndandingazi nyani ukuba ndonwabile ebomini. Bendikwi career endingayaziyo noba ndonwabe na, bendikwi relationship bendingaxolanga ncam, bendiziva ndibambekile. IYoga yayiluhlobo lonyango kum. Njengoko bendiqala ukuyenza yonke imihla, ndiye ndaphawula ukuba zininzi ezinye iinkalo zobomi bam eziguqukayo. Ndandinokuzithemba ngakumbi-kwaye andiyenzi ngokwembono yomzimba, kodwa ngakumbi imvakalelo yokwazi ukuba ndingubani njengomntu. Kwandinceda ukuba ndilungelelanise ngaphakathi. Ndaba nomonde ngakumbi kum ndaza ndaqalisa ukububeka ngendlela efanelekileyo ubomi bam. (I-Snowboarder u-Elena Hight naye ufunga ngeyoga ukumnceda ahlale elungelelene ngokwasengqondweni.)

Usuku ngalunye ndenza i-yoga ndakha ukuzithemba ngakumbi, ukonwaba kunye nokukhuseleka ngaphakathi kwam ukuze ndibuthabathe ubomi bam kunye nenqanaba elilandelayo, ndithathe izinto ezandleni zam, kwaye ndizenzele ubomi obungcono.

Kwiminyaka emibini, bendivuka ndifundisa i-barre nge-6 kusasa, ndiqhubela elwandle ukwenza i-yoga, emva koko ndisebenza ngokusisigxina, ndaye ndibhloga kwaye ndenza imodeli ethile. Ndandihlala ndiziva ngathi kufuneka ndihlale eLos Angeles, ke ndayeka emsebenzini, ndathengisa indlu yam, ndathengisa ifenitshala yam, ndathengisa yonke into, kwaye inja yam kunye nam safudukela e-LA. Ndenze uqeqesho lwam lootitshala beyoga, kwaye andizange ndijonge ngasemva.

Ndisenza eminye imisebenzi, kodwa iyoga yeyona nto iphambili ebomini bam. Yeyobuqu kum, ngoko ke ndiyazilolonga rhoqo kangangoko ndinako. Bendingayazi xa ndiqala, kodwa xa ubuyela kwingcambu yeyoga, inkangeleko yomzimba yinxalenye nje encinci yeyoga. Inene ngokudibanisa ingqondo yakho, umzimba, kunye nomphefumlo. Xa ugxile ekudibaniseni umoya wakho kwintshukumo yakho kwaye uzama ukubakho kwimat yakho, kwenza umzimba wakho wonke uphumle kodwa kukunyanzela ukuba uphucule ugxininiso lwakho. Ndicinga ukuba yiyo loo nto yenze umahluko omkhulu kangaka ebomini bam.

Ukuba uyoyika kuba ucinga ukuba uyasilela kuyo, yazi oku: ngekhe ulunge kwiyoga-akukho nto injalo. Imalunga nohambo lwakho. Akukho nto intle okanye imbi- eyahlukileyo nje. (Kwaye ngale mizuzu engama-20 yokuhamba kweyoga ekhaya, awudingi nokuba wenze ixesha leklasi epheleleyo.)

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