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March Yoga- Part III

Wednesday, March 4, 2020,
Woke at 4:22AM this morning.....set the alarm for 4:15AM and, while it went off, it didn't wake me up, for some reason.  I eventually woke on my own accord (I believe), and then noticed there was an odd noise coming from my robe, across the room; apparently, I'd set the 4:15AM alarm with a different "alarm sound" than what I'm used to.  I think my brain "heard" the little noise my phone was making but, due to the noise being different, didn't associate it with "it's-wake-up-time".

TIP TO BECOME AN EARLY RISER:

  1. Put your alarm across the room so you physically have to get up from your bed to shut it off.  I put mine in my robe pocket so it's easy to simply grab my robe, turn off my alarm, and then make my way to the kitchen where my precious, precious coffee awaits me....
  2. Have your coffee, or something else welcoming, waiting for you in the kitchen when you wake up.  

I'm proud to say that, since the bout of food-poisoning/stomach virus that had me messed up for three weeks (no exaggeration), I've gradually gotten back into my holy trifecta of physical activities:
  1. Yoga (duh....you're reading his, right?)
  2. Running
  3. Tae Kwon Do
I'm training for my yearly GO! St. Louis Marathon weekend run, and have been increasing my running time and frequencies.  Running can be the enemy of flexibility at times and, while it's great for your heart and lungs, it tightens up one's back and legs. 

Tae Kwon Do is a different kettle of fish entirely.  I practice at the St. Louis Tae Kwon Do and Marital Arts Academy here in St. Louis, and haven't been to class in about two months (#shameonme). 

Martial Arts is invigorating, and makes me feel like I'm sooper kewl, but the short bursts of intensity for punching, blocking, kicking, etc. cause next-day soreness that doesn't touch the next-day soreness that running can bring.  Any weight lifters would understand the aches and tenderness in the depths of your shoulders and elbow joints. 

I am feeling a fair share of that tenderness this morning, so I'm going to go through my prayer and meditation routine and then some light stretching.  I'll be going on a training run again tonight, so don't want to shock my poor little body too much.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 (Part II),
Had a lovely little Pranayama session accompanied with prayers and meditations.  Followed that up with light stretching and warming up before taking Savasana.

Time to shower up and enter the day.

Namaste


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