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Thursday, February 20, 2020,
I'm back.

February has been a month of travel and of stomach virus/food poisoning.  I contracted something fairly gnarly three weeks ago on Wednesday, February 5, and I haven't been right for awhile.  Finally went to Urgent Care to get looked at and I'm finally on the mend (after three weeks).

In that vein, I have lost quite a bit of physical strength and drive.  It took a lot to get on my mat this morning.  Even though I woke at my usual 4:25AM, my brain says, "what's the point of going to your mat?".  It's 5:29AM as I type this, and I'm going to begin with my usual warm up, meditation, and prayer.  I have no expectations of myself this morning, and will let my practice flow naturally.

Thursday, February 20, 2020 (Part II),
I'm writing this post-practice update on my mat, having just come out of Savasana.

Like most of my post-practice updates, I feel infinitely better having taken the time to invest in myself, and my practice.

A goal of mine is to provide more robust post-practice updates here but, for now, it's 7:01AM, and I need to shower up and enter the day.

Delighted to be back on my mat.

Namaste

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