Day 12

So I remember now why they encourage you to do your yoga practice first thing in the morning . . . It doesn't have to do with the fact that once its done you don't have to worry about it for the rest of the day, or worry that your life will get in the way of getting your practice in - although those are good reasons.  Your supposed to do your practice first thing in the morning because your stomach is empty!

Oh, how I forgot the nasty feeling of doing yoga with a fully belly.  Because Baron's practice is about building "internal heat" to sweat out the toxins, resistance, yucky-stuff etc, it is best advised to do the practice on an empty stomach where there is nothing rumbling around in the tummy.  Since you are squeezing and stretching your belly through these poses as you heat it up your body with your breathe everything in your system gets, well, rather hot and bothered -- including any food in your belly which needs your stomach acid to break it down.  Two cosmos and a burrito later I feel dizzy, out of breath, and sick to my stomach.  Nothing like a bunch of guacamole-flavored belches to remind you that procrastinating yoga does not serve you well.  Yuck.  Not to mention being dehydrated, as two cosmos can do to you, makes you incredibly thirsty as your are sweating through the poses.  Thank goodness I wasn't actually being so foolish in the heated studio - which only increases these food induced ailments and makes you feel even more gross!

Lesson learned --  Booze + Mexican Food + Yoga = Bad News Bears!

. . . . perhaps I can figure out how to discipline myself after all? Or maybe I am just good at self-inflicting punishment haha!  In either case, I am taking a bottle of water and heading to bed now.  No more yoga after 9pm!

Namaste,
Clare