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Monday, December 5, 2016

Feeling little to no motivation this morning.  lol.  I woke up naturally at 5:00am yesterday morning (when I didn't have anywhere to be or anything to do) but, when my alarm went off this morning, I very nearly flipped it off and crawled back under the covers.

I didn't do that, however, and I'm awake and enjoying coffee.  I have a feeling today will be a good day, even though it's started off a lil rough......

Monday, December 5, 2016 (Part II)
Had a fairly good practice this morning.  I went running Saturday afternoon and, since I didn't have a physical practice yesterday, today was the first time hitting my mat.  I've known that, after running or biking, the muscles in your legs and back tighten up and have to be re-stretched.  I wasn't too bad off, but the practice was a little sluggish and slow and not the prettiest thing I've ever done.

I did incorporate a full upward bow (Urdhva Dhanurasana) into the end of the practice.  Up until this point, I'd been ending the practice with bridge pose (Setu bandha sarvangasa) which is nowhere near as challenging as upward bow.  I'm going to continue with at least one full upward bow for each practice this week.

That feeling of a potentially wonderful day is still with me (sugary and gooey as that sounds).  Time to clean up and get started.  Happy Monday!

Namaste

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