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An Odd Week For Yoga

Thursday, April 4, 2019
It's been an odd week for yoga.  I've woken at my usual 4:30AM and said, "nope", twice this week; that's unusual for me, but it does happen sometimes.  I've been sleeping in until 6:00AM for some reason.

I'm on my mat at 5:53AM as I type this (a bit behind schedule), so I'm going to keep this pre-practice-post brief.

Thursday, April 4, 2019 (Part II)
I'm writing this later in the day after my practice, but this morning's session on my mat was strong and marvelous.  I intentionally put more effort into breath control and mind control.  I think I've been a little too lax in those areas lately. 

I'm realizing that the more practice I put into shutting my mind off, the easier time I have throughout the day as the inevitable challenges of life come my way.  I am far less reactive to stimuli when I've focused my mind on my mat.  The focus, is on nothingthingness.  As I move and breath, I intentionally look inward, and turn down the volume in my own head.  As I've written before, I'm only able to achieve this "silence" for about two seconds before thoughts begin creeping in.  I then drift off into those thoughts (without realizing it) and then bring myself back to silence as often as I can. 

I broke a serious sweat this morning.  It's early-April in St. Louis Missouri, so our weather is still fairly cold, especially in the mornings, so I haven't been able to create enough heat to break much of a sweat.  Summer-time practices are completely different, however, and are wonderful to sweat out junk. 

I feel marvelous and beautiful and I'm ready for a marvelous and beautiful day.

Namaste

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