What are you afraid to do?  What do you fear?

As humans we are all creature of habit.  Breaking out of the normal daily routine can send me a little crazy.  But actually not varying my daily routine will most likely lead me to become crazy! Huh?

I walked into yoga today and a sub was there.  I had had this sub before…And she kicked our butts.  Well, maybe just mine!  I had better speak for myself!  I love yoga, but I’m not one to sign up for “kick me in the ass” yoga.  I was actually debating on crawling back in bed after the kids were off to school this morning.  So, when I saw her in the room, I thought I wanted to kick myself…in the butt!  “I should have got back in bed,” I thought!  I really wanted yoga today, but not hard yoga. But it’s not like I could get up and leave or could I; the thoughts wrestled in my head.   I guzzled up some more water and decided to give it my all.  I had to ask her to turn the AC on at one point because I was really sweating, but I hung in there.   My mind was not happy with me.  My muscles worked with me.   I feel like I was able to accomplish atleast 90% of the poses she guided us through.   I was really happy to see Shavasana at the end.  I worked hard for that hour.  It was an accomplishment!

At the end of class, I went up to tell her thanks for pushing me today.  I shared that I was nervous when she walked in, but I was glad I stuck through it.   I felt more confident when I left.  “Maybe I don’t give myself enough credit for what I can do in yoga,” I thought.   I liked the conversation I was having with myself.  It reminded me we need to enter the cave of the unknown every now and then.

Apparently brains put up a fight when we want to change something or we want to do something new.  That’s where the uncomfortable annoyance is stemming from.  The brain wants to stay in homeostasis like the rest of the body.  Think of it like a teeter-totter.  When you creep too far out one way, an imbalance ensues and the brain must compensate.  So, the imbalance makes the brain (amydgala) turn on and readjust.  When you do this regularly, the brain works and stays young. We begin to fight Alzheimers.   The problem is we all become too robotic because routine is comfortable and requires little effort or energy exertion.  We can accomplish so mush more when tasks are routine based.  However, when we get into chronic daily routines and make picking a flavor of cheese the most exciting part of our day because we go through the rest of life as a robot, the brain gets lazy!  The amydgala begins to shrink!

So, think about some little thing you are fearful of doing and DO IT!  Not only will it make you feel good and give you a sense of accomplishment, you will exercise your brain and keep it powerful!  Your amydgala will thank you!

Rock on my friends!

Namaste!

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