Womb Yoga and Yoga Nidra weekend

So diet is not the only change I’ve been making to try get on top of my health I’ve also been focusing a fair bit on yoga Recently I’ve mostly been practicing at home, as I let myself get a little too stiff and out of shape after the Nuclear plasty. So about 2 weeks ago I started going back to classes and had a lovely Yin Yoga class at yoga fever before I dived in last weekend with a day of Womb yoga on Sat and a morning of Yoga Nidra on Sunday and wow it was good!

The womb yoga was very interesting it made me realise a few things I hadn’t thought about and got me thinking in a less negative way about periods. She said some very interesting things about societies view of menstruation and how we’re expected to always act how we act when we’re in the ovulating part of our cycle and maybe that drains us and is part of the reason periods hurt so much. Somewhat along the line of when you’re go go go in work and you get a holiday and instead of being able to enjoy it you end up sick and in bed for a week. She also talked about the fact that it’s still seen as a dirty thing we don’t talk about and how ridiculous that is, and there was an interesting discussion about the tampax mother nature adds. As soon as I got home I downloaded a period tracker app for my phone which actually let me choose between dog cat or bunny for my front screen I presume you can guess which I went with :) and I’m planning on downloading and printing this womans quest workbook once I get ink for the printer. Also planning on going next week to another well woman yoga class and sussing it out.

The yoga nidra class was even more interesting, I’m not really sure how it worked to be honest but it got rid of my neck pain for the guts of the rest of the day! Which no drugs have ever done! Essentially we lay down with our knees up on cushions and under a blanket so we were uber comfy and cosy, then listened to what the teacher said. What was strange is I didn’t really hear the words that were said, I zoned out but I was completely relaxed and when he told us to wake up I did, its almost like I’m missing that ten mins or so but I felt great afterwards and my neck didn’t hurt! We did three different sessions which all felt a little different and talked about the whole thing in between and they gave us a CD to try it at home which I intend to do this evening. Really something everyone should experience because I can’t explain it to be honest but it was wonderful!

Butter binges!

Well it’s been a while and I'm still veggie and I’m mostly dairy free, no cheese in weeks now! Doing los of yoga and overall taking a lot less painkillers then I was.

The veggie thing to be honest has been pretty easy, with the exception of a few restaurants that have really lousy veggie options, and I have no inclination to go back to meat, and I like not feeling guilty about whats on my plate. I’ve discovered foods I didn’t know and I feel like I have more energy.

The dairy thing has been a little harder, I changed to Almond milk back at New Years and that’s made my tummy sooooo much happier over all but I was never really a big milk drinker anyway, it was just something to put on my cereal. I was starting however to find I was eating more and more cheese since I turned veggie which I didn’t want to do either health or ethics wise. So I decided to cut it out, and I’ll be honest I did dream about toasted cheese sandwiches a fair bit at first but after about a week and a half I stopped caring, and realised that a lot of the food I was covering in cheese was nicer without.

So now I make my own pizza minus cheese and I get the actual flavours of the tomato the courgette the mushrooms whatever I’ve put on it and wow its soooo much better! Before all I could taste was cheese so it was only the strong meats like pepperoni or the flavours like pineapple that I could taste, not a problem anymore! I have yet to try get a cheese less pizza eating out or at a restaurant though! I have a feeling that will be entertaining! I thought ice cream was going to be the other big problem but then as I’m sure most people have noticed it’s not been a summer that makes you want ice cream, and anyway there is sorbet.

Surprisingly the main stumbling block has been butter. The vegan substitute I got is sweet and I don’t mean sweet as in great I mean sweet as in tastes sugary :(  which I’m not loving, some of the soy based ones might be better but I’m trying not to eat too much soy cause it’s not exactly the best thing for your hormone system and it doesn’t agree with my tummy anyway. I’m considering getting I can’t believe it’s not butter, there is some dairy in it (it’s made from buttermilk) but in fairness I don’t use a lot so I think it will prob be better then depriving myself and everytime I’m drunk binging on butter! ...I wish I was joking!