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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Thursday, August 3, 2017
Woke at my usual 5:00 AM this morning only to find the coffee machine full of hot water.  I'd apparently fallen asleep watching T.V. yesterday evening, groggily woke up around 9:00 PM and then shambled into the kitchen to prepare my coffee for the AM.  I remembered everything (even the filter) and simply neglected the coffee.  Dang. lol

Thursday's are my early days but I'm going to challenge myself and post 20+ times in the month of August.  I've had this blog going for 9 months now!!  It's a "baby" of sorts, you could say.

Physically I'm feeling good and have fully recovered from my wonderful, if not completely unhealthy, vacation.  I'm proud of how I've controlled my diet and my natural urge to eat junk food (like Dolly Parton says, "I'm a junk food kind of person at heart".  

 I'll hit my mat for at least 20-30 minutes this morning for a light practice.

Thursday, August 3, 2017 (Part II)
Felt great after hitting my mat this morning.  Meditation & prayer were first, followed by my standard warm-up.  I went through Vinyasa A and then into my forward bend series to close out with Marichyasana C and bridge pose (just one).

Feeling energized and proud and ready to take on the day.

Namaste

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