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Friday, April 21, 2023, 

For the past several months, my practice hasn't been consistent.  It's a shame, because a consistent practice is the way to incremental benefits which amount to large benefits, if viewed in a cumulative way (many things in life are like this as well).  

However, I've noticed in the 15+ years I've had a practice, that momentum comes and goes; once it's gone, it's difficult to regain.  To "regain" momentum, once does have to be consistent but, the good news is, once momentum is built, consistency is easier to maintain.

That's enough gum-flapping......it's 5:19am, and it's time to begin...

Part II:

As always, I'm on my mat, having just come out of Corpse Pose/Savasana, and having just concluded my practice.  

It's 7:05am as I type this and that's technically late, and I should try to conclude my practice at 7:00am, on the dot (I've heard/read that it's important to start and end one's practice at the same time...who knows if it's true or not, but it stuck with me when I heard it). 

I went through my full series today, finished with a backbend sequence.  I've written whole posts about backbends as there's something special about them......keeping one's back bendable (and the front of one's body open), changes things......don't believe me?....I started giggling (for some reason), after coming down from my full Wheel Pose/Urdhva Danurasana.....it opens up something physical as well as something mental, and spirutual. 

Enough gum-flapping, it's time to take this refined version of myself out into the world. 

Namaste

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