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No yoga- No good!

Thursday, November 9, 2017
Due to other responsibilities I have, I haven't hit my mat for the past 2 weeks.

Not letting that phase me and I'm going to spend 5 minutes on my mat today, praying and meditating, before I begin my practice.

I'm expecting my practice top feel great and to be very rewarding.

Thursday, November 9, 2017
I'm traveling for work as I post for the next week and a half and didn't get a chance to update this blog before I headed into my work day.

While work is fun and focusing, I'm going to rely on my yoga practice to keep me steady while I'm in the fast paced world of a program's operations.

My physical practice was great this morning!  I don't know why, but it never fails that, after I haven't practiced for a while, the first time I hit my mat is always a good one.  My body was cooperative, fluid, and strong with only a little bit of strength loss in my arms and shoulders (I'll quickly regain that).

Time to crank it out at work.

Namaste

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