Daily Yoga Meal:
01/13 Around 12:15 p.m. I ate in the conference room with Tina. It was nice to observe the sunlight streaming in and see bits of blue sky.
Remained seated? Yes ✓ No.
Refrained from conversation while chewing? Yes✓ No (if no, % of meal = %)
Refrained from any external distractions? Yes✓ No
Waited until food was completely chewed and swallowed before picking up my next bite. Yes No✓ (if no, % of meal = 50%)
Refrained from putting more than two handfuls of food on my plate at any given time, finished eating my two handfuls, then waited 3-5 minutes before taking more food. Yes✓ No
Waited 2-6 hours before taking my next meal. Yes✓ No.
Comments: I had portions of two salads from Lunds grocery store for lunch today. The first was a chicken curry salad with scallions and the second was a basmati rice, tofu and golden raisins (I had tried both of these salads last fall and thought it would be good to enjoy them again). I did not rush from bite to bite but I did notice from time to time that while I was chewing my food I had already prepared my fork with the next bite full.
Daily Meditation: Meditation was not as easy tonight as it was yesterday. Today you could say I felt the sensations of rajas or restlessness. I have a very stiff back and found it difficult to stay still, my body wanted to stretch, although thankfully my mind was not too busy. I did have a few times were I went ahead to tomorrow, wondering what I may or my not face, but I told those thoughts to wait for me to get there and went back to feeling the rhythm of my breathing and noticing the pulsing of my body. Yesterday's meditation was exquisite. Perhaps it was the energy of the group or the intent with which I was dedicated but I felt like an observer yesterday rather than a busy mind/body of today. Try again tomorrow :)
Daily Practice: I did not end up practicing today, I am still feeling pretty beat from yesterday but in place of practice I will continue my reading of The Heart of Yoga and contemplate my Sun C variation.
Daily Gratitude: I am thankful for my coworker Tina who encouraged me to teach her some yoga postures to ease the pain in her lower back. I thought of forward fold and then the posture where you lay on your back and rock your knees from side to side (as well as a gentle spinal twist). I am grateful to have been connected with a mechanic who could fix my car and make it affordable for me! my left blinker now works (it never had before, I always had to manually press the lever to create a signal), no more leaking power steering fluid and my stolen catalytic converter has been replaced. I cannot describe how nice it was to be able to drive a function car again :) I am also happy to be back in my own room and sleep in my own bed, it's been about a week and a half since I've been here. I am so glad I could stay with my Mom during the duration of my car repair and have her assistance getting to and from work each day.
Daily Meditation: Meditation was not as easy tonight as it was yesterday. Today you could say I felt the sensations of rajas or restlessness. I have a very stiff back and found it difficult to stay still, my body wanted to stretch, although thankfully my mind was not too busy. I did have a few times were I went ahead to tomorrow, wondering what I may or my not face, but I told those thoughts to wait for me to get there and went back to feeling the rhythm of my breathing and noticing the pulsing of my body. Yesterday's meditation was exquisite. Perhaps it was the energy of the group or the intent with which I was dedicated but I felt like an observer yesterday rather than a busy mind/body of today. Try again tomorrow :)
Daily Practice: I did not end up practicing today, I am still feeling pretty beat from yesterday but in place of practice I will continue my reading of The Heart of Yoga and contemplate my Sun C variation.
Daily Gratitude: I am thankful for my coworker Tina who encouraged me to teach her some yoga postures to ease the pain in her lower back. I thought of forward fold and then the posture where you lay on your back and rock your knees from side to side (as well as a gentle spinal twist). I am grateful to have been connected with a mechanic who could fix my car and make it affordable for me! my left blinker now works (it never had before, I always had to manually press the lever to create a signal), no more leaking power steering fluid and my stolen catalytic converter has been replaced. I cannot describe how nice it was to be able to drive a function car again :) I am also happy to be back in my own room and sleep in my own bed, it's been about a week and a half since I've been here. I am so glad I could stay with my Mom during the duration of my car repair and have her assistance getting to and from work each day.
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