Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
I tranced myself yesterday by listening to some yoga tunes (click here to get trippy-tunes, bro).

I'm fresh out of a shower and ready for my mat. While I will try to recreate the trance-like state I was in yesterday, I'm going to allow things to flow naturally; yoga, like all things, will be great some days, and not great other days. Focusing on my duty of practice is the ultimate goal.

At least 5 minutes of prayer/meditation before I begin....

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 (Part II)
Had an excellent practice and excellent warm up.

I tranced myself a little bit, but nothing like yesterday; like I say above, some days the "yoga-gods" come and take over, and sometimes they don't.

Sweated it right out, however, and had a great time warming up, meditating, and moving through my Vinyasa series. Like yesterday, I extended Vinyasa B to the endurance limit of my arms.......there's only so much they can take. lol

I won't be posting in the AM tomorrow, but might do an afternoon/evening practice to see how I feel.

I'm writing this at my desk already hours past the time when I hit my mat. My "zen" is still with me.

Namaste

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