So yesterday didn't go off, yoga-wise. I got up (almost) when intended, but when I got outside, I realized the grass was actually too wet to do yoga without a mat that early in the morning, so I brought my practice inside where I quickly remembered that I must use a mat inside. By that point, The Man was coming down, time was getting short (I worked yesterday), and I also felt hungry, so I aborted until after work, which would have been fine, really, except that I didn't realize I was working until 1:30, not 11:30. So after six and a half hours of wrangling special needs kids and getting home during the hottest part of the day, yoga just didn't happen.
And that's okay. Lesson number one for starting a new habit is believing that missing one time doesn't "ruin" anything or mean that you've failed, or that you have to start over. Of course, with anything physical too big a break does mean you'll have to go back a few steps, but that's okay too. It's all about the process. And not giving up.
Today, even though things didn't go off quite as planned schedule-wise, I did my practice. I'm concerned about making my morning practice work with having a "real" job (I came in and sat down at the computer to blog immediately post practice, long after I would have been at work), but that will come with time and...practice (see what I did there?). I'm also concerned about convincing myself to do sun salutations before the sun is up (I'm a pedant...sue me). Right now, that's generally fine, I could work my morning schedule around Lugh's appearance, but what about in the fall and winter? On days when I have to be at work at 7:30 and sunrise is at 7:28 practicing at/after sunrise isn't going to happen. I think I just need to get over that one.
Doing four rounds of Surya Namaskara felt about the same fatigue/effort-wise as doing two. Laying in Savasana I felt like my heart rate actually returned to normal a bit more quickly, although trying to keep my mind still whilst three flies buzzed around me in what sounded like quite the mating frenzy was difficult. I am rather excited to do my six tomorrow and see how it feels.
I also need to look at an evening practice... But enough speculating, my intention for my practice today was productivity. Time to go make that happen.
Namaste'
And that's okay. Lesson number one for starting a new habit is believing that missing one time doesn't "ruin" anything or mean that you've failed, or that you have to start over. Of course, with anything physical too big a break does mean you'll have to go back a few steps, but that's okay too. It's all about the process. And not giving up.
Today, even though things didn't go off quite as planned schedule-wise, I did my practice. I'm concerned about making my morning practice work with having a "real" job (I came in and sat down at the computer to blog immediately post practice, long after I would have been at work), but that will come with time and...practice (see what I did there?). I'm also concerned about convincing myself to do sun salutations before the sun is up (I'm a pedant...sue me). Right now, that's generally fine, I could work my morning schedule around Lugh's appearance, but what about in the fall and winter? On days when I have to be at work at 7:30 and sunrise is at 7:28 practicing at/after sunrise isn't going to happen. I think I just need to get over that one.
Doing four rounds of Surya Namaskara felt about the same fatigue/effort-wise as doing two. Laying in Savasana I felt like my heart rate actually returned to normal a bit more quickly, although trying to keep my mind still whilst three flies buzzed around me in what sounded like quite the mating frenzy was difficult. I am rather excited to do my six tomorrow and see how it feels.
I also need to look at an evening practice... But enough speculating, my intention for my practice today was productivity. Time to go make that happen.
Namaste'
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