I guess there is never a right time. Or a wrong one.
I want to share my latest 40 days set. It is really hard to choose a set to commit to for 40 days as there are so many nice ones.
On a train ride home after having finished my course I had nothing better to do than thinking about a new set and I was also asking myself the question "What now?" so I thought I will choose a set to face my fears. In general I find it uncomfortable and blocking to feel dragged down by fears especially ones that don't seem to have a reason. Not sure why I was thinking of fears, I guess I was feeling some sort of uncertainty as a chapter had finished. Back home I also found an interesting set and was looking forward to starting it. And really interesting, 2 days later I was confronted with very bad news, so facing my fears made actually sense.
The set is called Relax and Release Fear and is found in Youth and Joy and in the I am a Woman Manual. This set is quite long and intense. Even after a week I still ached and some of the exercises seemed almost too hard to endure.
But funny enough every morning I am looking forward to doing my set. I am on day 20 and I can tell that I am more relaxed. I can see it in how I react to the kids or generally in situations.
The first exercise, Cat Cow in a forward bend is very powerful and if you do it right it hurts. Exercise 2 and 3 are great. (in exercise 2 it is important to really keep the legs in place and only rotate the torso from the hips)
And then there is exercise 4. Oh wow. This generates the feeling for me that says, how much longer? But as always it feels wonderful having persevered. I guess after this exercise it all gets a different perspective. In exercise 10 it is easy to get lost in thoughts but it is a nice meditation when you keep the focus and rhythm. And then the last exercise seems so easy but if you keep the pressure applied throughout you come out really refreshed and the relaxation comes easy.
I love this set and find it interesting that working on fear involves a lot of rhythm and dancing. I chose the tracks from Chardikala Jatha and they are so great to go within.
I am looking for a shorter set already, so I have more time to spare for mediation for the next 40 days. I probably did not make Relax and Release Fear very attractive. But it is a great set or I would not write a post. And how great is a life lived without fear.
