Waking up in the morning has gotten easier all of a sudden. Maybe it’s all the weird time zones I’ve been flying in and out of. Whatever it is, I’m glad that mornings are almost… dare I say it?… enjoyable.

I woke up at 7 and prepared for practice. This usually involves changing into some yoga gear, brushing and tying my hair up, brushing my teeth, washing my face and laying out the mat (oh my lovely purple, cotton mat, how I’ve missed you!). I don’t shower since I’m going to get all sweaty anyway, but if I were to attend a class, I’d shower (I’m self conscious about body odour). All this takes me about 15 minutes.

I had a time limit today, I had to finish by 8 am the latest. I got to do pretty much the exact same practice as a couple days ago, shortened standing, a couple of primary then I had to finish as I was running out of time. I wouldn’t usually mind only a 30 minute practice, but I was feeling so good today. So much better than the previous practice (which was good to begin with!). I just wanted to keep going.

I needed a bit of a warm up stretch of the hamstrings as they were screaming at me the moment I got out of bed. I just did a bit of a paschimattanasana then I could get started and once I finished sun sals A, the hamstrings were feeling great. My upper body was also sore, but more from strength training than “over-stretching”, it’s a different soreness feeling.

I don’t know what the plans are for tomorrow morning. I may go for a bike ride, I may do some yoga, I may do both.