On being compassionate

Hello Folks! Recently, I noticed that I had been growing fatter than usual and, it alarmed me so much. My primary concern is that, I might be at risk for weight related problems like diabetes or hypertension- which by the way, both of my parents have.

I have been using walking as a form of exercise but since it suddenly rained almost every day here, that was not exactly possible. I waited for a whole week and did a lot of other stuffs and before I know it, two weeks had passed. In other words, I neglected working out.

When I was younger, I used to do yoga- sun salutation to be exact but, I do not want to perform the routine as it makes me lose fat so fast that I would usually end up eating more food. Furthermore, I wanted to take my weight loss as slowly as possible so as not to interrupt my other commitments.

If you guys wonder why does it seem like it looked like a sun salutation but its not, its because I modified it as much as what my body can tolerate since this is my day 1 doing yoga. My priority is not to lose weight but simply to get used in doing these poses.

At this point, my body is incapable of touching my toes so, I just modified the posture as much as I can. I do not want to deal with accidents or painful muscles so, this is the best that I can come up with right now.

Before doing the previous pose, I do this- it makes it easier to get into position.

Even this simple position made me dizzy the first time I tried it so, instead of looking ahead, I have to look down- where I feel comfortable.

On to downward dog- or what my body can perform as a downward dog........

I need to rest before doing the other pose so, I just kept my body like this.Yes. I intentionally included this folks so you can see where I am coming from and, that it is all right to stop or rest even for awhile when you're working out and feels suddenly tired.

Here we go! I am attempting to do the five point star pose but, as you can see, there are a lot of things to be improved or corrected!

The downward dog once more..........

Just to complete the rest of the routine..............

Two more..................

Done!

My purpose certainly is not to use my post as a reference on how to do Sun salutation as I have been struggling to do these things. Its just that sometimes, you needed to be compassionate on yourself. I certainly could have posted this as a "before" entry on my journey into loosing some weight and, I would have used some fancy make up and background.

But in the real world, it does not work like that.

Most of the younger kids these days believe that anything that is less than perfect does not deserve to be posted on line. I beg to be excluded on that category.

I am a real, live human being. I have bulges. I get fat and, I get lazy working out most of the days and, I do not watch what I eat. But, despite all my short comings, I want you guys to know this: I love me and I always make sure that I am compassionate with myself. This is the only body I got and, I wanted to treat it with respect and compassion so, I am taking things slow.