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I set the timer for ten minutes sat down in what I thought was a comfortable position and closed my eyes. Lo and behold, my sitting still is not so still. My mind raced from thing to thing to worry to thing to do. I kept reminding myself to breathe. Just think about my breath. I started to shake, my legs at first and then it seemed my whole right side. I started to sweat as if from exertion just sittting. My lower back began to ache. I thought I might just burst into a flame my mind was going so… Continue

First, I'm a little disappointed that there's no post for yesterday Day 10. I did indeed get in ten-minutes of yoga. A nice little meditation --just sitting and breathing. I don't know why my post didn't post. Stupid internet.
Today, I did my yoga for runners podcast which is fifteen minutes. That felt good too. I'm thinking of challenging myself in this challenge. So far, all of my yoga has been on my own with podcasts or DVDs or just silent seated breathing. I want to challenge myself to do yo… Continue

I got up this morning did my cardio and then did an hour-long class that I have on my ipod. I secretly taped my yoga class a couple of years ago when I still had a teacher and class I enjoyed attending. It felt good.
All the things that didn't stop me: not having a mat, feeling too cold, feeling sleepy, feeling like I didn't have enough time.

I flew back to NYC today and knew fitting in the practice would be a challenge. But it's challenge that we're all about this month. I decided to be realistic rather than ambitious -- I got in and after the heaters kicked in--sat down and did a ten-minute meditation. Tomorrow, I will aim for a longer practice session.

January's a long month, but today was too short. There's so much to do and not enough time to do it. I did work in a 15-minute practice with a yoga podcast. I wanted to do more, but just couldn't. Tomorrow's the big challenge: a travel day. I plan to do a fifteen-minute practice once I get home--but now that I think about it: maybe I should get up fifteen minutes earlier and do it before the plane!