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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Thursday, February 9, 2017
Still under the weather with the same head/throat/body congestion that I woke with Tuesday morning.  I crawled into bed around 7:00pm last night, however, and treated myself to another restful and quiet night of sleep.  Woke up even earlier than my usual 5:00am this morning (4:30am, if you can believe it), and had my coffee and contemplation time.

I calculated in enough time this morning to have a wonderfully hot shower before I hit my mat.  I'm fresh out of that as I type and on my mat with my hoodie pulled up to retain some of my warmth.  I'll meditate/pray for 5 minutes and move slowly and deliberately through my practice.

Thursday, February 9, 2017 (Part II)
I never look back and say, "golly, I wish I hadn't practiced this morning". lol

After my 5 minutes of prayer/meditation, I did an extended warm up routine (which consists of rolling back and forth with a rounded back and other select movements like Karnapidasana, pictured
at right.  This pose is remarkable for relieving head/sinus/headache congestion.  While it's a challenging posture to maintain, all you have to do is wait and, as your back and neck become stretched, you can literally begin to breath out of both nostrils again.  Use yoga as medicine (though I'm grossly under-qualified to advise anyone on curing themselves through asanas, or a yoga practice in general).

As I moved into my practice, I moved incredibly slowly and intentionally and did not force my body to do too much.  I completed 4 Vinyasa A and a few seated poses and ended with Savasana.

It's going to be a wonderful day.  Time to shower again and go into the world.

Namaste

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