17 June 2008

My Daily Dose of Struggle

What is the difference between night and day?

I always believed yoga is harder in the morning. My back, shoulders, sides, hips, knees, toes would all hurt.

But in the past four weeks I’ve made a conscious effort to let my practice set the pace for each day. Struggle is hard, but struggle is good, and in the morning, when I wake up, I feel there’s nothing else I want to do. I’ve gotten past the aches and pains.

I got up after just 5 hours of sleep.

Early in the morning, I blur the difference between night and day.

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