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Friday, June 30, 2017

Friday, June 30, 2017
Woke at my usual tie of 5:00am and am feeling very good.

I've lacked a bit of motivation and direction and drive this past week.  To be fair on myself, I have been doing nothing but sitting in a training room absorbing huge amounts of high level information.  I'm excited to begin putting those training principles into practice in real life.

Mentally, I had a scary and upsetting dream last night.  It's not too uncommon for me to have a dream where something bad is going wrong that I have to resolve, so I'm not going to put too much emphasis onto that dream.  Other than that, I'm feeling rested, refreshed, and ready to hit my mat and, subsequently, go out into the world.

Physically, I'm feeling well.  Slight stiffness in my lower back but, other than that, I'm feeling normal.  I've broken through the "I'm-gonna-sleep-in-for-5-more-minutes" trend that I had the past two weeks and my internal alarm really does go off at 5:00am again (just in time for the weekend to smash it to smithereens!)

Friday, June 30, 2017 (Part II)
Just came out of Savasana and can't wait to go out into the world.  Had a wonderful and deep physical practice this morning with chanting on in the background, open windows, and tons of sweat.

I'm going to try and stay connected to God today; I'm going to try and remember that everything I'm doing, I'm doing with that divine spirit, that lives in everything, and what does that divine spirit want me to do.

Trippy and sugary, I know, but it's how I feel this morning.

Namaste

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