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Wednesday, October 9, 2019,
Woke at my usual 4:25AM this morning.

Woke on Monday morning, and couldn't hack it; went right back to bed, feeling run-down, and under the weather.  Dragged it out of bed to go to work, and then came right back home at the end of the day, ate, and crawled into bed by 5:30PM to sleep.  Nothing is better than large amounts of sleep and rest when you're feeling run down.

Woke at 4:25AM yesterday morning only to find my trusty coffee machine decided to put out an error code and not work.  No coffee was waiting for me when I woke up.  Back to bed.

Today, the stars all aligned, and I'm back on my mat at my usual 5:30AM to begin my practice.  Physically, I'm feeling well, but there's an ever present soreness in my lower back.  I believe this is residual ache leftover from some of the strong backbends I did on Friday of last week.

Mentally and spiritually, I'm feeling good.  Solid, and stable and eager for a good day.

Time to sweat it out.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 (Part II),
I finished at a reasonable time this morning; 6:52AM as I type this.

Had a great practice, and am happy to say that my backbends are continuing to deepen and get stronger; it's a strange sensation when you're in a full backbend, and you can sense that your feet, planted on the ground, are getting closer and closer to the back of your own head. 

Time to shower, and enter the day.

Namaste


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