Blind faith..

When second youngest NSW footy player in State Origin history, Will Hopoate,  chose a two-year Mormon mission rather than sign up with clubs offering big dollars, I was gobsmacked. At 19, how much brain washing must he have gone through to choose blind faith over something tangible. I'm not just talking about a big dollars but the loss of time in honing your skills as a player. Albeit his youth, he would no doubt be less of a skilled player after a two year absence!

I've never believed religion to be an important aspect in my life. And always wondered why so many religious believers behave in mass hysteria.

But as I read up on how to help a friend through a bereavement process, I wonder if choosing faith is such a bad idea after all. My dearest friend suddenly lost her father and I can't even begin to imagine what she is going through. Maybe it's true what they say. It's times like these when you assess priorities and think of your life in a different light. When things which once mattered fade into the background...

Food for energy after an illness

Yesterday was my first session back at yoga after a 2 week absence. It's been a crazy two weeks with the flu, emotional distress (see previous post: Tibetan Healing 2) and bathroom renovation (which meant no rest for most of the week).

I thought I was well enough to attend the basic flow class until I found myself feeling dizzy and ready to collapse at the first Utkasana (Chair pose: see below image). It's not a hard pose once you build up strength but two weeks without practice and no exercise, it's torture.

What was I to do? Take rests in between the poses and I didn't go down as low.
 
Back home, disappointed and tired, I searched for what I could eat to recover my strength asap!

If this website is anything to go by, we should be eating protein every day because our bodies don't have the ability to store it and "Our cells and immune systems rely on protein for maintenance and re-building."

Of course there is other important content such as how much/types of carbs to eat, why we should drink a lot of water etc, but I do all that stuff anyway. It's a good site and hope it helps the readers.
Eating for energy
 
Can't wait to jack up the protein, recover fully so I can start flexing my moves in class and be the envy of everyone in class. Oops I mean, recover fully and continue being my very best in yoga.

Sometimes I can't help but look at myself and admire my achievements in class. And at times, snub others who aren't as good as myself. It's vanity at its worst I know. I need something to bring me back down to earth! Perhaps the flu.. haha

Tibetan Healing 4

Ok, this really will be the last post about Tibetan healing as I'm sure people are sick of it.

I just need to mention a few things about it before I bury it in cyberspace.

Two weeks ago, I discovered something about my partner which I wasn't fully aware of. In short, it was a credit card debt that I didn't know about. Being a financially savvy person, it was pretty stupid of me to not know about this way before and not demand that I know of it before we became involved.

Anyway, it was way worse than I thought and being a results-orientated person that I am, we sat down to figure out a way to pay this all off. I thought I was handling the whole incident ok despite being in shock. But a couple of days after listening to the chanting cd, I became uncontrollably angry and upset. I also cried a lot which I rarely do and managed to have a deeper conversation with my partner after all this emotional roller-coaster ride.

I'm not saying it was due to the chanting cd because I'm still skeptical about the whole thing but I must say it was pretty coincidental. Also, I've been listening to it whilst scanning through my charts but I haven't picked a stock that's given me a spectacular return as yet! I know I know, it isn't supposed to do that type of thing anyway...

My last advice to people: I know financial advisers tell you to know your partner's finances inside out before getting involved, and I can tell you, as unromantic as that is, you won't find better advice anywhere. It certainly will save you a lot of heartache and empower you in many ways!

Lastly, this is EXACTLY how I feel.