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| Ashta Chandrasana - High Lunge, arms extended forward Let us train for the strength and control to improve our posture. |
By refining our physical comportment we will, in turn, upgrade numerous facets of our lives (or so I have been told 😉… still a sloucher over here 😬).
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| Parsvottanasana - Pyramid Pose I am having a ‘put your head down and work’ type of week. |
🌈The rhythm of the day, the arc of the week, the ebb and flow of the month, and the seasons of the year. Looking ahead and zooming out at your calendar is how you are able to ‘put your head down’ and (enjoy) work(ing) unremittingly - because you plan (and look forward to) when you’ll be coming up for air. 👙⛵️🌞
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| Bunny Hops Handstand Preparation 🐇 Arm balances are, for me, “you can have it all, just not all at once.” Some come easy most of the time, many are insurmountable some of the time… |
This is where THE WALL comes in. I get in that back row and sidle on up close to the wall, so I may feel all the thrill, freedom and benefit of flying inverted (with an extra stretch, might I add,) while being unconditionally supported by that big, strong vertical assist.
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| Standing Fire Hydrant Poses - it will feel like all of a sudden, (but it is, in fact, 1.5 years of regularity with your habit!) that you feel one (little) level stronger. |
Standing fire hydrant pose? Poses with no names welcome.
Acknowledge and celebrate consistency and progress with more consistency and more progress.
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| Dandayama Janu Sirsasana - Standing Head to Knee Pose |
Dandayama Janu Sirsasana is most common in HOT yoga practiced at 105 degrees Fahrenheit with 40% humidity.
Progressing from where you currently are (yoga, life…) may require that you OVEREXTEND yourself.
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| Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Standing Hand to Big Toe Pose |
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| Notes taken in the air - originally in pen 🖊️ in a mini notebook 📓 — never, ever leave home without one. |
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| Sukhasana - Easy Pose, Side Stretch in muted lavender 🪻 current favorite color. |
Sometimes you have to do the thing to know not to do the thing. EG skipping yoga is not an option, but I had to skip it just to make sure. 😉
For answers at first, revelations at last:
CONTEMPLATION sees everything, holds on to nothing. (Warning: takes years)
Not Big News : I have been playing with stylus (ipencil) and alternative programs (procreate from sketchbook) and even an upgraded iPad (I have always used my toddler’s), but the stylus sits in the crook of my hand while I type and draw with my middle finger, the new keyboard lacks emojis, and sketchbook continues to fulfill my meager doodling desires. So, as of yet, dailydoodles are lingering in their old ways - created in refurbished older model apple products with sharpie-esque outlines paint bucketed (filled in) in a marker/highlighter manner… for this doodler, old school still rules, plus - it’s not mydailydrawing, that’s for sure. 🥵😅
FIND that which you are hiding from yourself.
If three tenets of our happiness are faith, family/friendship and meaningful work then we must hunker down and stop seeking.
Here I am always judging in order to ‘improve performance’, but guess what? JUDGEMENT keeps us from ENJOYMENT. Advancement and optimization is only scarcely interesting because we are NOT machines.
Consistency is the key 🔑. We will find consistency when we DIS-COVER our inner selves. No copycatting, no idolizing, no formulas. No prescribed diets, uniforms, or interior spaces. No dictated timetable or curriculum.
The years are long, but the days are short; so let’s be selective with our interests, commitments, engagements and activities for, thankfully, we can have it all, just not all at once.
