40 Day Challenge Update - Week 2

I have just completed my second week of the 40 day challenge and I have not given up yet.


Asana Practice (Physical)
Physically, I was starting to feel the wear & tear of yoga more so in the second week than the first. Plus, the fact that I had to wake up earlier this week than last week did not help matters. The upside of a tired body was a good night sleep. Much better sleep this week.

Meditation
The duration of each meditation session was increased from 5 to 10 minutes this week. The first day (Monday) of each week was always the hardest. I have yet to learn the proper technique of meditation since my mind wandered for most part of the meditation sessions. Oh well, at least I fought my desire to fidget.

Food
Too much seafood this week left me feeling chilly. Time to eat meat again to heat up the body. The highlight of the week was having a fine dinner on Saturday which included dessert. Hmm...I would be so happy if I could have fine dining every day.

Overall
I had a mini personal breakthrough at the end of the second week. As I was driving to my parents’ on Sunday morning, it finally clicked in my brain – I finally was able to acknowledge my own divinity. In the past, I have depended on others to acknowledge my “divinity” and somewhere along that line I got lost and started to fall in the trap of feeling unworthiness and losing the value of self. Lesson learned - I first acknowledge and recognize my own divinity and then I can let my divinity shine out to others.