Weights and Hatha

Today, on the 23rd of November I am writing this entry before starting my nineth hatha-yoga session for this month.

Minutes ago I was thinking that since I have put myself the objective of doing hatha no less than sixteen days per month, I have a challenge ahead: doing hatha everyday until the month finishes.

I thought on this better. After all, it isn't a great challenge by itself because in India I could do better than that; somewhere around the twenty or more days per month mark. But I rememberd also that today I am gonna start again with my weight training, so it does become a challenge.

Why? Simply because I've already tried it and it was difficult for me. I started lifting weights to build muscle since August 2007, two years and four months ago and when I was training with weights I simply lacked all sort of motivation and, actually, energy to be able to carry on with my hatha training.

This can't be, because hatha-yoga is ultimatly a very gentle practice exerting almost no strain on the body; unlike bodybuilding. It is more of a revitalizing, healing, energizing and rejuvenating deed. Essentially, this can't be because (to give a specific example) one of the great masters of yoga, Sri Parvti is also a weight lifter. I accept it, She's material nature's Godess and the sister of the Final Truth and everything, but if She exemplifies the two disciplines it is ultimately for one to take it as an example.

Not thinking much about it, it is obvious that to carry on with the two practices I have to turn inward a bit more of what I was turning in. Tapas are required, personally the moment of trying the two disciplines at once (months ago, and today) is the edge of a life of lustful obsession with intoxicants.

The best course of action I can think of is cutting my fag smoking a fag less each time I can until I develop a behaviour/style around the half a dozen per day... the energy squandered there will help me greatly in this objective.