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Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday, March 31, 2017
Today is the last vacation day that I'm using up in 2017.

Woke up at a leisurely 6:30am and padded into the kitchen to make coffee.  I've been lounging around for the past 2.5 hours enjoying this relaxing start to my day.

Something I'm going to practice mentally today is gratitude.  If I had to list the things I'm grateful for, the would go as follows.....

  • My family
  • My job
  • My friends
  • My health

As gooey as it sounds, I'm going to try and keep those 4 positive aspects of my life in front of me at all times throughout the day today.

In additional to practicing gratitude, I'm going to also focus on letting go of fears and anxieties today.  I think it's only natural that you fear loosing what you're most grateful for but, since much of it is completely out of one's control, what's the point in worrying yourself over it?

I'll be showering up and hitting my mat shortly; my intention to focus on will be gratitude and extinguishing fear.

Friday, March 31, 2017 (Part II)
I'm writing this, post-practice, still on my mat having come out of Savasana. I have some serious yoga glow going on......

I spent nearly 10 minutes meditating on my goal of gratitude and extinguishing fear.  I started with a 4 count breath to ground me coffee-jolted system (4 count inhale, 4 count hold, 4 could exhale, 4 count hold).  This harnesses my mind a bit more and brings me "down to Earth" a bit.

After contemplating my intentions for today, grounding myself, and focusing my thoughts, I began my asana/physical routine.

Went through 4 or 5 (was so tranced out that I lost count) Vinyasa A's and 2 Vinyasa B's.

Sweat was dripping off me at that point and I was eager to keep moving.

Went through my modified primary serious adding in Lizard and Pigeon to help keep my hips and legs from solidifying into concrete due to my running regimen.  I ended with my backbend series with 3 beautiful wheel/upward bow/Urdhva Dhanurasana.

I'm grounded, joyful, focused, indomitable, and balanced.

Time to shower up and go out into the world.

Namaste

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