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A little sore....

Thursday, March 19, 2020
Woke at my usual 4:15AM this morning, and I'm on my mat an hour later typing this.

Feeling well, and feeling eager to complete another full practice today, though I'm a little sore from yesterdays' full practice.

It's 5:26AM as I type this, and it's time to begin.

Thursday, March 19, 2020 (Part II),
A little sore my eye......

I had a marvelous practice today; ended it with another crowning series of backbends. 

My mind is definitely one of the more difficult things to keep silent but, today I randomly began exercising a yoga principle I've known of for many years; Drishti .

Simply put, this principle means focusing your eyes on a point and holding your eyes there while you sustain your Asana/pose.  I've always employed Drishti in my practice but, for some reason, I grew lax in this principle, and abandoned it on some of my postures.  Today I noticed that, when I held my eyes still, I held my mind still, and held by body still.....they "domino-effected" each other.

I'll continue to do this tomorrow and see if the same result of mental control comes from it.

Namaste

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