Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Slept in until 6:45am yesterday and kept hitting the snooze button like an overweight sloth that couldn't get out of bed.
Today, however, I leapt out of bed at the standard 5:00am. I'll be hitting my mat for my usual pre-workday routine and posting results afterwards.
As usual, I will meditate/pray for about 5 minutes before hitting my mat. Meditation and prayer are interesting because, like most things, there're days when they seem to be more "successful" than others. Praying involves a lot of "talking" in one's head, while meditation involves a quiet and still mind that intentionally focuses on nothing. A goal of my prayer/meditation regiment is to refine myself and refine my thinking to shape it in a way that I'd like; that's a powerful skill if you can learn it....
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 (Part II)
Being cheap, I refuse to turn my heat on and will continue to stay bundled up until a herd of Emporer Penguins stampede through my living room.
With that being said, I practiced in a new hoodie this morning (a Christmas gift from my brother), and definitely heated myself up quickly and thoroughly.
I don't know if it was because of a skipped practice yesterday, or the fact that this morning was, technically, the first time I responded to an alarm in the past 12 days, but I felt a little "wobbly" and "off" while I was moving. I've learned not to beat myself up when a practice doesn't go the way I'm thinking it should; per this blog, some days your practice is awesome, and some days it feels like you're full of wet sand.
I wasn't quite filled with wet sand today, but I notice stiffness and a decrease in my flexibility for my forward bends.
I'm glad I hit my mat and I'm glad I connected, at least a little bit, with myself this morning before starting my day.
It's Wednesday, January 4 and it's going to be a great day!!!
Namaste
Slept in until 6:45am yesterday and kept hitting the snooze button like an overweight sloth that couldn't get out of bed.
Today, however, I leapt out of bed at the standard 5:00am. I'll be hitting my mat for my usual pre-workday routine and posting results afterwards.
As usual, I will meditate/pray for about 5 minutes before hitting my mat. Meditation and prayer are interesting because, like most things, there're days when they seem to be more "successful" than others. Praying involves a lot of "talking" in one's head, while meditation involves a quiet and still mind that intentionally focuses on nothing. A goal of my prayer/meditation regiment is to refine myself and refine my thinking to shape it in a way that I'd like; that's a powerful skill if you can learn it....
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 (Part II)
Being cheap, I refuse to turn my heat on and will continue to stay bundled up until a herd of Emporer Penguins stampede through my living room.
With that being said, I practiced in a new hoodie this morning (a Christmas gift from my brother), and definitely heated myself up quickly and thoroughly.
I don't know if it was because of a skipped practice yesterday, or the fact that this morning was, technically, the first time I responded to an alarm in the past 12 days, but I felt a little "wobbly" and "off" while I was moving. I've learned not to beat myself up when a practice doesn't go the way I'm thinking it should; per this blog, some days your practice is awesome, and some days it feels like you're full of wet sand.
I wasn't quite filled with wet sand today, but I notice stiffness and a decrease in my flexibility for my forward bends.
I'm glad I hit my mat and I'm glad I connected, at least a little bit, with myself this morning before starting my day.
It's Wednesday, January 4 and it's going to be a great day!!!
Namaste
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