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Centering

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Woke in my hotel in Las Vegas, and got some coffee.

After an hour or so of waking up with coffee and contemplation, I hit my mat.

My practice was excellent this morning, with a focus on centering.  What that means is that I envisioned my physical body with a core that was drawing in God and other good things; I used this metaphor of drawing God into my core in a literal and figurative way as I prayed that God is always at the center of my life, guiding all of my decisions.

Yesterday's "theme" was put it on the pyre, today's was centering.

Centering is hard to do after I get on my mat, and enter the big bad world; the second you begin interacting with other people and situations, you can forget.  Shaping yourself and burning through the bad, while trying to cultivate the good, can make you less reactive to the pushes/pulls of the world.

I went through my full modified primary series this morning and ended with one of my favorite poses, Urdvha Dhanurasna, or Chakrasana, or Wheel Pose.

I'm writing this post practice and looking forward to my day.

Namaste

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