I’m sure everyone on a 60 Day Challenge (or more) eventually asks this question.
This past several days it’s been nothing but frustration and disappointment. I’m going backwards. Less flexible, less strong, less balanced, more pain. As with my last challenge, I’m discovering soreness in places than never hurt before; worse, though, is that pain I thought I’d moved past has returned for an extended visit. I’m definitely taking Friday off, even though it means another double down the road. I don’t care, I think my body wants a day off. But there’s still tomorrow to work through.
What I want to believe is that it’s always darkest before the dawn: that feeling like I’m going backwards is just a sign that my body is shifting into a new phase, that I’m going to walk into class one day soon to discover that something in my practice has just blossomed overnight, and that all this frustration was in preparation for something.
A girl can dream …
