Why EKs Life Challenges
While I may not know what I’m going to do with the rest of my life, I do know there is one goal that I have set. That main goal is to live as long as I can and stay, as healthy as I can both mentally and physically.
Now to achieve that main goal I just can’t say I’m going to live in to my 90s and have that come true. I have to take positive action to help make it happen. Even with that it still may not happen! But at least I’ll have some fun along the way.
About EKs Life Challenges
Now let’s get to the crux of this blog – my chellenges. Now, I know that we all face a lot of difficult challenges throughout our lives and there are certainly challenges that are far more difficult and graver than the ones that I am tackling. My challenges are more like challenging yourself to run a marathon or climbing a mountain, rather than the challenge of overcoming an addiction or moving on after the lose of a loved one.
Reading Challenges
Several years ago I participated in several reading challenges. These challenges were for reading mysteries and historical fiction and a couple of other genres. What I discovered was that these challenges helped me stay focused on what I was reading and helped me read more! For the last several years I have created my own reading challenges. These challenges have included both the number and type of books that I read during the year. The challenges have helped me read a large variety of genres, as well as, tackling new authors. In addition, each year the number of books I’ve read has increased.
This year my goal for the number of books I want to read is sixty-five. As for the individual challenges, you can read about them here.
21-Day Yoga Challenge
so last week I decided to create another challenge. That challenge is a simple 21-day challenge to do yoga every day. When I created the challenge I just wanted to do the three routines outlined in Richard Hittleman’s Yoga 28 Day Exercise Plan. I have done these routines on and off since the 70s. Most recently I typically do the second routine twice a week or more. The challenge is to reintegrate the other two routines into my workouts. I have done those three routines for eight days (one per day) now and I have found that they are having a positive effect on both my mental outlook and how my body feels.
I have been doing those routines in the morning. Yesterday in addition to the my morning yoga, I did a Kundalini Kriya in the afternoon. Additionally I did another Kriya which focused on breathing before bed. Finally, this morning I did a morning wake up Kundalini set before my morning Hittleman routine. The bottom line is that so far the challenge is going well!!
Overall the bottom line is that I am going to be creating a number of these challenges. They will be desinged to help me on my overall quest to live a longer and more healthy life. And also to enjoy life along the way. My hope is that you the reader will be inspired to create some challenges to help create a better you!!!
