Hi Elka,

I’ve done a few 30-day Bikram yoga challenges over the years and I have the say the hardest one was definitely the first. Even though at the time, I had a lot more free time and I didn’t have to rush off to make it to class, I would sometimes find myself wanting, but somehow not wanting to go to class. Here are a few tricks I learned along the way so that fitness challenges are a lot easier now.

1. Don’t make it an option. It’s like waking up and brushing your teeth. Just like you don’t decide every morning if you’re going to brush your teeth or not, don’t decide if you’re going to yoga or not, just assume it’s part of your routine

2. Do your workout in the morning. I noticed that whenever I started the day by doing yoga, I would be more diligent about the. As the day advanced I would get tired and working out after work would always be a pain.

3. Remind yourself of why you started to begin with. You wanted to overcome a plateau. Remind yourself every day.

4. Enroll some friends to keep you motivated on those days when you just don’t feel like doing it. It’s always easier with friends.

5. Set up a reward. Apart from the joy of actually accomplishing the challenge, what little nice thing will you do for yourself at the end of the 30 days.

I hope this helps

Lavinia