Wonderful night of sleep after another 15-minute meditation
from the “AM & PM Yoga Meditations” by Gael Chiarella, CD. Did track 4 on CD 2, “The Lullaby of
Breath.”
Woke up naturally at 4:11am – before my alarm was set for
4:30am. The extra minutes allowed me a bit more
leisurely cup of coffee before the Vitality class this morning.
Turned the heat up a tad in the house to make up for the
early morning chill and had a really nice practice.
I am so much more relaxed and focused practicing at the
early hour, knowing that I have time, am not rushed and am setting myself up
for a more full day. I really
found depth in the back bends today, more in my upper back and chest than I
usually do.
But, the deepest opening came during the reclining twists at
the very end of class. With each
inhale my muscles naturally elongated and with my exhales I sunk deeper into
these twists than I have in years.
I could just feel myself falling deeper and deeper into the twist.
Then, during savasana, my husbands alarm went off on cell
phone (it should have been in the bedroom with him, but alas – it seems it was
left in the kitchen.) I tried to
maintain and release into corpse pose, but I was too distracted by the
vibrating, pulsating scream of the cell phone.
Oh well, note to self – do a cell phone check before
practice – just like at a shala.
Made a delish smoothie for this morning, here’s the recipe:
Mango Cilantro Very Green Smoothie
Makes two servings
Use organic when possible.
2 cups water
1 cup frozen mango
1 frozen banana
1 bunch cilantro
1 head romaine lettuce
3 stalks celery
½ lime – squeezed for juice
½ Meyer Lemon – squeezed for juice
1 tbsp E3 Live algae
3 tbsp Hemp Protein
Place water, lemon juice, lime juice, algae, hemp protein
and frozen fruit in Vitamix and blend.
Add romaine, cilantro and celery and blend.
Enjoy!
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