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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Went to bed last night at a wonderful 8:30pm and woke up around 4:30am this morning feeling wonderfully refreshed and happy.

The first day of February.  I have a feeling it's going to be a wonderful month.

Time to hit my mat for, at least, 5 minutes of meditation and prayer before I practice.  I'm proud of myself today so I'll be practicing humility today as I did yesterday.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 (Part II)
Had a wonderful practice this morning.  Built heat and fire with my breath and bandhas and utilized a method of meditation that my Saturday morning class at Big Bend Yoga center with Michael Shabsin.  Michael's instructions were to, "while you practice and move, envision seeing yourself in a mirror....envision your reflection as something beautiful....and then envision your reflection turning golden in color....".  I'm paraphrasing it horribly, but the effect this had on me in Saturday's class was so profound that I incorporated it into my practice this morning.  It feels wonderful.  I envision my reflection turning golden and then, through the heat I'm building, turning golden-red being fanned to something hot and fluid.

Hippie-dippie for sure, but it's an interesting mental exercise for sure.

Time to shower up and tackle my day.  I'm going own it like I never have before today.

Namaste

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