daily practice
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sun_salutationToday is the day that rebooting my daily practice paid off for me. Disastrous start to my morning; including an alarm clock fuck up that meant we woke up when the kids were supposed to be ON THE BUS for their field trip; and then discovered the misery that is the delicious relaunch.
So.
I did 90 minutes of a beginner's class from Elsie's yoga podcast. Lots of simple poses, mostly held for a long time - a good sort of challenge for me. My take-away learning is her instruction from tree pose: "You can't will yourself into balance. You can only move into balance"
So whenever I feel the anxiety creeping today (I used delicious for work, not just fandom); or am stuck in my overly long day; and feel myself tottering off balance, I am going to try to breathe, and let myself fall back into balance.
And all the will in the world wouldn't have forced me into an hour and a half of practice on a stressful day if I hadn't been moving into daily practice already.
blessed be
So.
I did 90 minutes of a beginner's class from Elsie's yoga podcast. Lots of simple poses, mostly held for a long time - a good sort of challenge for me. My take-away learning is her instruction from tree pose: "You can't will yourself into balance. You can only move into balance"
So whenever I feel the anxiety creeping today (I used delicious for work, not just fandom); or am stuck in my overly long day; and feel myself tottering off balance, I am going to try to breathe, and let myself fall back into balance.
And all the will in the world wouldn't have forced me into an hour and a half of practice on a stressful day if I hadn't been moving into daily practice already.
blessed be