Beginning Intensive Practice

Today I am syked up and ready to begin. I am excited. Somewhere in the back of my mind, there is worry... worry that I won't follow through. Worry that the excitement will wane and I will be right back where I started. I push worry aside today and launch into my practice first thing.

It is a holiday, so I don't wake up until 9:00 am. I start to do a 40-minute yoga session as my morning stretching, but realize that I am trying to do too much. I do the stretches recommended before meditation practice, then I begin prostrations. They are hard. I get through. Now it is time to journal.