I don’t believe in new year’s resolutions… nor do i make any cos i know i’ll never stick to them diligently unless it’s because I REALLY WANT TO.
So i’ve never bothered.

I have, however, made a few new life’s resolutions.
I really want to be healthier.
Yes -_- I’ve come to some sort of stage when i realise my ‘live fast die young’ lifestyle might last longer if i treat my body better!

So i’m starting exercise in baby steps (confession: i don’t… really… exercise >.<)
My current plan is yoga once a week, and gym twice a week.

Went for my first yoga lesson yesterday.
Never been for one before, so just thought i’d go with the flow and do whatever the teacher tries to get me to do.
It’s very different from exercising in the gym, you don’t pant and heave away,
but you do have to concentrate and end up getting tired and sleepy (well, i did!).
Maybe it’s because i woke up extra early that morning and was running around all day,
but by the end of our 1 and a half hour session when the teacher was getting us to lie on our backs and just concentrate on our breathing,
i swear i almost passed out.

I felt really good and happy after that though,
like giving people hugs and having a cup of chocolate milk.
Maybe it’s my mind playing psychological tricks on me after i’ve heard from so many people how good yoga makes you feel.

Anyway, i like that we’re taking the ashtanga yoga classes in a small group of 5 from a lady’s house. (Aps, Danny, Steph, Jess and i)
It smells of incense and has illustrations of the body and its chakras hanging on the wall,
including a mantra that intrigues me:
May all beings be well,
may all beings be happy,
peace peace peace.

Couldn’t help googling it and found it to be a Buddhist loving-kindness meditation.
Which is funny cos the teacher also has pictures of Jesus and another man i don’t recognise (he doesn’t look as skinny as Jesus and has a big white beard) in her house.

It makes me feel like i found the right yoga teacher; seeing i myself have been raised a Catholic, have Hindu statues and pendants in my room, and randomly quoted an Islamic phrase to a friend last week.

I believe in God. And all Gods.

Wow, look what that meditation did to me… 

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