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The Rebuild

Monday, April 17, 2023,

For the past few months, I knew my practice was becoming inconsistent.....inconsistent, if allowed to continue, eventually becomes "non-existent".....

I would set my alarm for the usual time (4:15am), but no matter how "determined" I would be as I set the alarm before going to bed the night before, when the "rubber met the road", and my phone dinged at 4:15am the following morning, I would shuffle across the room, dig the ringing phone out of my robe pocket, hit the snooze button, and crawl back into bed barely feeling any remorse for not following through with my normal routine....that "remorse" kicked in later, and I would say, "tomorrow will be the day I get back into it". 

A hiatus from a routine is inevitable, but small consistent efforts eventually build the momentum up and, before one knows, it, 

That's enough chit-chat....it's 5:37am, and it's past-time to begin today's practice. 

Part II:

It's 7:56am as I type this Part II update.  Part I is written before my practice, and Part II is written after my practice complete.

I won't go into how altered one's body can become if it's neglected....areas become tight, rigid, and overly-firmed up......like thawing ice, loosening oneself up takes time, and consistency (in my experience, after three days of practice, things can start to move again). 

As always, the version of myself coming off of my mat at the end of my practice is far superior to the version that got on the mat in the beginning. 

Time to enter the world. 

Namaste

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