Here’s a picture of me on the Police Big Wheels. Circa 1981 or so. Please note the Burger King hat, flipflops, and the bandaid on my knee. Somethings have changed: You will never see me set foot in a Burger King again so long as I live. Other things haven’t changed: I still live my life in flipflops and I’m still a clutz and often sport scrapes or bruises or bandaids to this day.
This morning I’m proud of myself. Here’s why:
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Why I’m Proud Of Myself
- I did my whole practice this morning, from surya namaskara a to ardha matsyendrasana to dropbacks to finishing. Probably for the first time since Portland. I’ve been abbreviating for the past month or two, but no longer. Back to it!
- I focused fully on Mula Bandha for the entirety of practice, and it felt fantastic. There’s this lightness as well as a grounding… difficult to explain.
- Inspired by Laksmi’s futon-assisted SuptaVajrasana, I got all MacGyver on my closet, and constructed a shelf just to hold my knees down in my own closet-assisted SuptaVajrasana.
- I made a new playlist for yoga which seems to be much more inspiring than the last one. I never thought I’d be one to practice with music, but on those mornings when I need a little extra push (more often than not, these days…), a few tunes do just the trick.
And this brings me to…
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Today’s Yoga Playlist
I dragged a whole bunch of albums or partial albums into a playlist and then hit shuffle… so here are the artists and albums I practiced to this morning
- Cat Power, The Greatest
- Feist, Let It Die
- Feist, The Reminder
- Finley Quaye (selected songs)
- Iron and Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle
- Joni Mitchell, Blue
- Keren Ann, Nolita
- Masha Qrella, Unsolved Remained
- Nick Drake, Way To Blue
- Sylvie Lewis (selected songs)
- Bebel Gilberto (selected songs)
- The Shins (selected songs)
- Kings of Convenience (selected songs)
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I love that photo! You are TOO cute!