core.
Basic planks
like, Do you need
a sandwich? a nap?
Breathing
Paying attention
Gratitude and grit
Routine and serendipity
Holding yourself in an upright push-up
for a solid minute
then pushing back into a child’s pose
for the next
I believe, help my unbelief
This morning is 9 degrees cooler
than yesterday and the redbud
sprouts leaves
Paying attention helps? I try to distract myself (playing my song in my head or actually reading a book open under my head), thinking distraction will help me make it a few more seconds.
And you do them on your palms, as at the top of a pushup? I can only do them on my elbows. :-\
The song I used to play in my head, also thinking it would help me last longer, is “Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier …” (by The Five Stairsteps).
Monica, I struggle with elbow planks.
Megan! I will be grabbing that mantra during my practice: I believe, help my unbelief. Have relied on that plea so many times before, but never in yoga. 🙂
Michelle, I did not expect yoga to sneak into the poem. 🙂
“Breathing
Paying attention
Gratitude and grit.”
-Amen.
I have a sticky note on my desk where I work that says “SBS”–stop, breathe, stretch. Because I forget.
((88 here in Renton on Monday, only 72 the high yesterday. Oy–did I celebrate the difference!))
Jody, I was actually lamenting the difference, in that 9 degrees hotter was not welcome. Yesterday was 97 in Austin, which does not bode well for the summer, since it’s not even Memorial Day. Wishing you pleasant days up there!
Little
Reminders
Slay dragons
Preach
Just read this for the 3rd time today,
and not because I didn’t remember reading it already.
Yes yes, the core. Keep coming back to the core.
Thank you, Marilyn.
I had never thought of the connection between planks that hold everything up and the planks of torture. “I believe, help my unbelief” comes in handy for both, I think.
Thank you!