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Friday, April 21, 2017

Friday, April 21, 2017
Had a good week, but an "off" week where I was on the border of becoming sick.

While I want to practice every morning, and keep a robust blog/yoga practice, I've learned enough to know that being gentle with yourself and balancing your expectations, while taking your health into consideration, is a good thing.

I'll hit my mat this morning, as I'm feeling better, but I'll focus on my 4 areas of gratitude....
  • My family
  • My job
  • My health
  • My friends and relationships

In the vein of being gentle, I've been focusing on these 8 reminders for the past week or so and have found them comforting and helpful.....

1.  Get Outside your head by making your body more active.

2.  Invest time and energy in your favorite activities; things that won't propel you forward in your career, and won't pay your bills.

3.  Get a journal and write in it.

4.  Your mojo has disappeared, but it will come back.

5.  When you feel tired, rest.

6.  Spend time with good friends and people who make you laugh.

7.  Listen to your favorite music.

8.  Recognize that our mojo moves up and down in waves.

Friday, April 21, 2017 (Part II)
After an extended warm up, I moved into my Vinyasa series.

I've focused a lot on forward bending (as it's painful for me and has never/will come naturally and easily), but I feel like I haven't incorporated enough back-bending into my practice.  Unless I end my practice with a full upward bow pose, upward dog is the only backbend that I move into.

Because of this, I incorporated a little more back-bending into my warm up than I usually do.

My Vinyasa series was excellent and challenging; I'm happy to say that I haven't lost too much flexibility out of my legs, despite the continual running/training that I've maintained.

I'm feeling wonderful and alive.  I'm going to move into my day keeping the mojo going.

Namaste

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