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Thursday, July 27, 2017

Thursday, July 27, 2017
Woke at my usual 5:00 AM and farted around for an hour+.

I have a few minutes to warm up on my mat before I have to shower and get ready for work.  I don't know why I procrastinated the way I did but I'm not going to beat myself up.

Thursday, July 27, 2017 (Part II)
Despite my terrible procrastinating, I'm happy that I hit my mat for meditation/prayer, and for a physical practice.

I began with my standard warm-up which, after praying and meditation, includes rolling on my back until my spine's warmed up.  After I've done this for a minute or two, I roll over completely into a lazy-man's "plow pose" or a lazy man's Kardapidasana.  This helps my legs wake up and starts to reverse the flow of my digestion.

Since I haven't had a diligent practice lately, I expected my legs to become numb; they did just that and began to loose a little bit of feeling as I remained in this pose.

I finished my warm up with loose forward bends (soft knees, and all), and then incorporated some gentle backbending (getting into upward down and moving my hips and spine around looking for kinks).

Finished Sun Salute A and went into Savasana.

Looking forward to going out into my day.

Namaste


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