Saturday, but a bit of a brutal Saturday... At least the sun was shining and I learned a lot. Difficult professionally from a few different stand points.... Regardless my practice today was hugely restorative. I got on the mat and all I wanted to do was sink into the floor. So I did.
Previously, at a time like this I would probably go for a power flow type class, but I was able to cultivate my awareness around this reaction and determine that my body just needed to rest. I'm not going to solve the tension in my body by adding more tension....
Similar to Susi's Chili Pot Analogy. You have a pot of chili and it is spicy, you don't like the spice so you add tomatos to thin it out. You don't add more spice to dilute the spice.... Same goes for tension and pain, to get rid of them, you don't add more tension and more pain.... but we do. All the time. Or I used to, that is one of my default patterns that has not served me.
Regardless, as I prepare for sleep, I'm still miffed, but my body doesn't hurt (and that is saying something because my back has been talking to me frequently this week). We all have days like this. Life happens.
Life happens.
Life happens.
How can you serve your body during this time so that when life turns (and it always does) you are not dealing with the aftermath of a whole load of tension that is residing from the original issue.
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