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5th Gear (Part II)

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 

Getting back into a routine is an interesting little experiment in self-control.

One's lazy and uncooperative body protest but one's mind continues to encourage and understand that the routine is healthy and good.  

Between one's body and one's mind, which is superior?  I've written it many times (and the answer should be obvious), but one's mind is always superior.  One's mind tells one's body what to do (not the other way around); one's body is lazy, selfish, clunky and ugly.........don't ever let your body be in charge. 

It's 5:13am, and it's time to begin....


Part II:

For whatever reason, today's practice took much longer than yesterday's.  It's 7:19am as I type this and, even though I started at 5:13am, I feel like my brain was buzzing around in every direction while I warmed up, and practiced, and it stalled me out in certain areas.  I start thinking about XYZ or some other nonsense, and fully engage in the thought, before realizing that I should not be thinking about XYZ, and should be focusing on my practice.

Not beating myself up about it; just noticing the timing difference between yesterday's, and today's, practice.  For tomorrow, I'm going to focus a bit more on keeping my thoughts streamlined and quiet. 

Namaste

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