Day 9: Body Awareness

Today was one of those practices where, in final savasana you suddenly "come to" and think "it's over? how did that happen?" Then you try to remember details and hope you were doing the right postures with everybody else, because you were just really in a deep meditation. I went to 5:30 with Dominique at the old studio. I felt strong and focused and checked my brain at the door. I felt like a washcloth that had just been wrung out at the end of class. My whole body felt tingly with a nice energy running through it. I could've easily done a second class.

After 9 days of continuous practice I'm feeling that nice "body awareness". You know, where things like walking and getting in and out of your car are suddenly different...you are somehow more graceful during these simple activities. I can feel a little bit of soreness in my shoulders, back, glutes and hamstrings. It's not a painful soreness though. It's more like the muscles, in their little muscle voices are saying "hey, thanks so much for letting us play! this is great! look at me, I'm doing jump n jacks and getting ready for tomorrow!"

Every time I do a challenge, and start to feel the benefits, I think to myself, why not just do this every day for the rest of your life? (Yes McKinley, I know you will!)

Food for thought I suppose. For now, I'm just going to focus on the 101 and enjoy the wonderful benefits!