I'm at the Ilikai each morning around 7:30 to setup for the morning yoga class, which starts promptly at 8:00. (By the time everyone is in the room and setup, there's only a few inches between each yoga mat.) After Monday's relatively 'easy' day, Tuesday it was time for reality! I left the Ilikai a little after 1:00 in the morning. Wednesday at 11:15 pm, Thursday at 1:15 am, and Friday, thank goodness at 7:45 pm. Once I get home, I wish I could flop into bed, but there's recovery drinks to concoct, smoothies to blend, food to head, fruit to peel, stinky shorts to soak, and whatever else I can remember to do. I'm proud of my body and my mind! I was smiling and functioning during the entire week. That's not true for all. I've already seen people cry, be carried out of the yoga class, get sick and also fall asleep during posture clinic. On the flip side, for me, the yoga helps immensely to combat the sleep deprivation.
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Craig, I am so fascinated with your endurance and how it relates to chronic fatigue. It's so unexpected. And how you manage to crawl over really high hurdles and get back on your feet again. It's as if your mind/body is geared for almost catastrophic recoveries more than for the little everyday recoveries that you need to avoid fatigue. Like you're always resting up for a crisis, which you can handle better than many other people can. Don't you find yourself fascinating? I guess we all are in our own unique ways. And accepting ourselves as we are certainly helps us to understand and appreciate all our details. Thank you, Robin.
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