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keeping up with the Jone's, yoga style.

buckets of delicious rioja last night meant i felt like i was glued to the floor today. heavy and slow like a sloth (sloths are all kinds of awesome though, no disrespect to my favorite jungle animal) and sort of down like Eyeore (spelling. and, he's mad cute too). 

My main injury worry this week is actually in my chest. searing hot pain that wraps around my right pec from sternum to spine. it's better, much better than last week, but seems to come and go. I'm convinced I'm creating physical problems from mental stress. huh. Either way I made it to a gorgeous restorative yoga class today. my first ever! was like a slumber party! so cozy and you get mini-massages and comforting adjustments. in between each pose we all climb back up to sit, eyes half-mast like we've been napping and we just smile...a great class!

I'm making new strides...one of my teachers last week read a passage from some yogi that said something about how you may take a few steps ahead on a linear path and then suddenly it can seem like you're going backwards, maybe cause of injuries or some other issues that life brings up...but she says that it's not backwards that you're going...but that the path itself is non-linear, it can also be like a spiral! and sometimes when you're on the outer edges of this spiral it can feel like you're totally lost, but that you're merely taking the next big step!

And so...curtains close on my current thought process and a spotlight comes on to highlight another. I have been pushing myself too hard, my body tells me this clearly. What to do to correct this and not stop my practice? Maybe I can restore, re-evaluate and relax. Find what it is in yoga that will take me further up the winding path. My current asana practice has me go-go-go-going! in a city where i'm already fucking frazzled and going too much. Perhaps this renewal can include a slowing down. Not less physical movement persay (though I'm kind of hitting a wall so...maybe yeah, until i can figure out how to move without hurting myself) but more awareness of movement. My friend today told me that she thinks a mature practice is not showing off your cool chin-stands, but when you are in tune enough to not go farther than you should in order to "keep up" with the other practitioners. I couldn't agree more. the thing is...i KNOW this...yet i still push. fascinating, stubborn little ego!! this is exciting though, to analyze and try to move past.