Bikram Yoga El Paseo

What is   “a challenge”  to you????   What challenges do you face every day of your life??   What are special challenges that you have faced out of the ordinary throughout your lifetime???

All challenges aren’t created equal.  When we started our Bikram Yoga 30 day challenge,  students complained about the ‘challenge’ of time .  Job related time constraints, family obligations,  and  the 90 minute time frame  were just a few of the “challenges” peeps faced.  (One person actually said, “if it was just an hour and 15 minutes it would be more doable for me ”…………….)

Some admitted their aversion was just plain laziness and lack of motivation.

I walked into the Bikram Yoga studio  this morning with a renewed  perspective of the old phrase, “don’t sweat the small stuff.”    I told  both my 9am and 11am classes how wonderful it was to wake up to such a spectacular desert morning and be able to “walk” into the yoga room on my own two legs.  I can’t remember the last time my functioning two legs occupied space in my thoughts.

We  “suffer”  in our  BIKRAM  yoga room because it is hot,   because we are forced to look at our imperfections in the mirror  and because we have to work our bodies and our minds for a FULL 90 MINUTES.  Awww , poor babies.

Last night our Bikram Yoga family  finally got to meet  the Grajeda family and to see first hand the  repercussions of a horrific accident that left an innocent  10 year old  boy without his leg.

It gave us all reason to pause.  It gave us all  reason to reflect,  re-evaluate and to put a few things into perspective.

Adrian Grajeda fought for his life a few months ago and won,  but his  “challenge” didn’t  end there.    This tough,  happy go lucky boy along with his loving older brother Alex,   and his AMAZING parents Brandy and  Eli have challenges that most of us will never have to face.

 

THE   GRAJEDA  FAMILY :  Eliubar, Adrian, Alex and Brandy

Both Brandy and Eli lost their jobs shortly after Adrian’s accident.  With medical bills mounting,  and the wheels of justice turning slowly there  is very little light at the BEGINNING of their tunnel.  Adrian will need a new prosthetic leg  EVERY YEAR until he reaches his full growth. With every new “leg” comes yet another medical bill. With every new leg comes yet  another physical and mental adjustment period.   NOW THAT’s  a CHALLENGE!!!!

 

Adrian Grajeda with his    FIRST   PERMANENT   PROSTHETIC    LEG !!!!!

I hope their story gets enough attention that this family gets the much needed help they need and to ease the  VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THEY FACE AHEAD.

As far as our  bi-annual  Bikram Yoga 30 day  “challenge”  goes,  making  the commitment  to  take care of our very able bodies and our minds for 90 minutes in a hot room for thirty days (30) out of our “busy” lives is hardly a challenge,  but rather a PRIVILEGE !

Hope to see you in the hot room soon “suffering and challenging” yourself  with a renewed perspective!

Namaste`