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Monday, January 16, 2017

Monday, January 16, 2017
Woke up feeling great this morning and ready to tackle another week.

Feeling mild digestive rumbly-ness from the weekend's food/wine/fun, but nothing too serious.  I'm looking forward to sweating it out on my mat.

Monday, January 16, 2017 (Part II)
Had a great practice this morning ended with 3 full upward bows.  Feeling good physically but, post yoga practice, I typically do some sort of ab exercise (I'm vain and should be ashamed of this trait).  I pulled something in my back and have a splitting headache as I write this.  It was like an ice pick got jammed into both sides of my upper back and neck; the pain is actually in my scalp and eyes too.  I'll be fine but it serves me right for compressing my back the way I did in full upward bow and then, probably 10 minutes later, doing strenuous weight bearing exercise.

I'll sleep well tonight, I can tell you that.

I'm going to channel the pain I'm feeling into focus and determination, however.  I'm proud of what I accomplished this morning.

Namaste

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