Pigeon Magic
Ugh, I slept awful last night; sinus pain kept me up. Despite that, I still got up at 4:15 to do yoga. I will tell you what, my son installed new LED lights in my bathroom last night and it feels like sunlight filtering through a window. It really helped me feel more awake and happy. I'm sure I will feel the effects of the sleep deprivation later today, so I have a bunch of busy projects planned for myself to stay awake.
Being so tired this morning may actually have been a benefit to me. I don't feel as if I got distracted from the yoga once today, and that is unusual for me. I really focused on making each movement smooth and strong, and reminded myself to let my breath work for me. We did more squat-type holds today and last time it really bothered my knee, so far I don't feel as bad this time. I hope that strengthening the leg muscles supports my knee better and I eventually have less pain. My surgeon did tell me I will eventually have to have the knee replaced but I'm really hoping to avoid that, or at very least, delay it for lots more years. Anyway, I really felt like the movement was therapeutic this morning, and I liked the warm buzz it created all through my body. We did pigeon pose, which is my absolute favorite, it feel so good to me!
My head doesn't come to the ground yet, I am usually on bent elbows, but man that feels good in the glutes in and bake of the hips.
After I finished my yoga, I took my dog outside, earlier than we usually go out, and all the stars were sparkling above me and the crickets were chirping and something about it just felt magical. I think if I hadn't done yoga this morning, I would have felt more tired and much crabbier from the lack of sleep. Win-win-win-win (however many benefits worth of wins) for yoga.
I think it's going to be a very manageable day; at least I intend to believe it will be.
Happy Thursday!
Being so tired this morning may actually have been a benefit to me. I don't feel as if I got distracted from the yoga once today, and that is unusual for me. I really focused on making each movement smooth and strong, and reminded myself to let my breath work for me. We did more squat-type holds today and last time it really bothered my knee, so far I don't feel as bad this time. I hope that strengthening the leg muscles supports my knee better and I eventually have less pain. My surgeon did tell me I will eventually have to have the knee replaced but I'm really hoping to avoid that, or at very least, delay it for lots more years. Anyway, I really felt like the movement was therapeutic this morning, and I liked the warm buzz it created all through my body. We did pigeon pose, which is my absolute favorite, it feel so good to me!
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My head doesn't come to the ground yet, I am usually on bent elbows, but man that feels good in the glutes in and bake of the hips.
After I finished my yoga, I took my dog outside, earlier than we usually go out, and all the stars were sparkling above me and the crickets were chirping and something about it just felt magical. I think if I hadn't done yoga this morning, I would have felt more tired and much crabbier from the lack of sleep. Win-win-win-win (however many benefits worth of wins) for yoga.
I think it's going to be a very manageable day; at least I intend to believe it will be.
Happy Thursday!
I was having a little trouble sleeping and wishing that I could stay home from work because....my favorite yoga teacher teaches at 11 am today (Friday). Pigeon pose is also my "favorite" - I really need that stretching in the hip area. I admire your getting up that early to do anything.
ReplyDeleteMelanie- I like Yoga with Adriene enough (on YouTube), they are all free and she has a ton. Maybe I'll explore other teachers once I get a good feel for yoga. I am in the middle of my second consecutive 30-day series. I am going to see if I can do yoga almost every day for an entire year. It's already becoming a habit and I miss it if I don't do it in the morning, so I feel your pain in not being able to make that session today!
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