I tried my very first sun salutation yesterday and found out I’m not quite ready for practice yet. The injuries to the hips were too painful on every bend forward or backward (as in upward facing dog). I’ve had to resort to just “stretching” for now, as usual, mostly the hamstrings since they’re always tight.

I’ve been dreaming about drop backs lately, I don’t even know why. I haven’t even been “given” drop backs. I use to be able to do drop back as a child, up until I was about 15 years old, but I haven’t attempted one since.

I watched some TV movie thingy called “The Secret” which is about the law of attraction where you pretty much get what you wish for. Interesting concepts. I watched it on Saturday and put some of the techniques in practice on Sunday and it worked. I went out for lunch to a notoriously busy spot where parking is usually next to impossible. As I was driving, I was visualising getting a parking spot exactly where I wanted it. Lo-and-behold, I got what I wanted, I didn’t have to wait long for it either and to top it all off, the previous driver gave us his parking ticket which still had a good 2 hours left on it. Now I realise that this might just be coincidence, so when I went to another area for coffee later that afternoon, again, parking in this area is not so freely available, I visualised again getting a parking spot on the street that I wanted. As I turned the corner onto that street, a car pulled out. BAM! The parking spot was mine!

So yeah. I guess I’m pretty converted on the idea of getting what I wish for. I also put in practice of waking up every morning and consciously think about the things in my life for which I am grateful and to feel grateful for having those things. Life’s been looking up even more since then.