The world we live in, which asks you to be obsessed with money, fame, success, and glamour, isn't real. No, I don't mean that it's all a hologram, or that the things you read in the "news" aren't actually occurring; rather, I mean that the events shown to us through our screens are filtered so many times, through many different "filtering agents", that the end product that comes through our device isn't anymore "real" than a hotdog is beef.
Delicious, satisfying, and easy.....you can't have too many hotdogs before you start to feel ill, and out of balance. The same is true for "news" and other nonsense that comes to you via a screen.
Enough chit-chat. time to begin today's practice.
Thursday, November 5, 2020 (Part II),
I was trained, and normally practice, a style of yoga called Ashtanga yoga. This style is regimented, "faster" in its transitions (usually only 5 breaths held for each pose), and is known for being physically challenging.
I did not go through an Ashtanga series this morning; rather, I took the time on my mat to go through my typical meditation and prayer routine, and then began to execute, what some might call, a very restorative yoga practice. Much of this is accomplished lying down (think laying flat on your back and draping one leg over to the left while turning your head to the right). It opens your joins and muscles, but doesn't put as much strain on them. This continued with a lengthy series of other "passive" stretches that simply relied on gravity, and body weight while sinking into them.
Feeling good after the change in style as it was the perfect thing to counter some of the tightness my running regimen has brought on.
Until tomorrow.
Namaste
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