Such a change of events in one week! Training was awesome today, I sat for meditation, then moving into my practice…..with my upcoming run in mind, I move into poses for the legs and hips….beginning with cobbler’s pose (Baddha konasana), followed by seated wide angle forward fold (Upavistha konasana), added in triangle pose (Trikonasana) and added a few others in between and closing it down with splits (Hanuman ). After a beautiful savasana (final pose) I feel, relaxed, open and ready to run!
I ran for one hour STRAIGHT!! No stopping, no holding on, just straight out RUNNING!! Woot, wooooooT! I hoped on the treadmill feeling good, not great, just good…..I see one of my friends Sativa and she was also getting on the tredmill so I call her over (energy ), I can focus better when people are on either side of me….walking, running, whatever……I just like the energy people can bring it sets the tone of my run……Savita’s entire personality is chill, so I knew her vibe would be relaxed…..we exchange quick catch up chatter, then we both pop in our Ipods...... she does her thang and I do mine. I quickly found my pace, turn up Q-Tip and start running, my breath is smooth and I’m hitting the belt nice, no noise from my knee…I’m feelin’ pretty good! I usually run about 40 minutes, and I’ve been known to stop every now and then…..but not today, not even a desire! My knee, was pretty quiet, I did feel fatigue set in the knees and hamstring as soon as I was done…..during the run, I remained mindfully aware of my breath, gaze, proper body alignment and music pumping! I’ve been downloading some of the songs from spin class, mixing up a new running play list.
I can’t believe I’m running, better yet, that I’m enjoying it…..I like that! I felt amazing after the run, as I headed into the studio to stretch my legs and get in a inversion…… Savita was cooling down as I was done, “nice run , you had a great pace, & form“ she said, ‘thanks, great energy” I say to her…..I always find running near someone helps me tremendously, the tone they set, is what I run off of........my way of course but with a mixture of energies. After teaching my noon class I contemplate going into the steam bath, I decide not to go, good thing because I found out it was being repaired……..So, I head out!
Monday evening, I had to decide between me and my Ipod who would take the hardest fall…..I choose my I pod, as it crashed on the cement, I knew the chance of survival was thin…..I picked it up, and the busted screen is looking back at me….Arrrrrgggghhhh! I take a breath I’m on my way to teach a class and really can’t deal with this right now, I think to myself. I take a good look at the Ipod when I get home, and its busted pretty bad, I make a note to get to Apple store this week…..Today I enter the Apple Store, I’m immediately greeted by a handsome young man…..This place is insane, high, high, energy……almost animated energy......I felt like I walked into a movie scene……so,this very handsome young man asks what's up, I explaine what happened, he tells me that its $99 to repair, I let out a audible “dayyyummm“, but with laughter…..he laughed, we both laughed, then he said “well, why don’t you speak to a representative from service” , “you never no maybe they can work something out for you…..“a blessing” he says, I look at him and say “thanks, I will”….I’m whisked off to the check in representative, she reminded me of the lady from the Progressive car insurance commercials…..Lol…the skirt, the glasses, the hair, everything (too cute)…she mad me smile. I waited all of 30 seconds and a young fella walks up, introduces himself , i repeat my problem and 10 minutes later I’m walking out the store with a BRAND NEW Ipod….FREE!! Dude, explained that the cracked screen is not covered under the warranty, and mentions the price to fix it……”can you fix it today ?” I ask, he say’s “I can just give you a new one” “at no cost” he adds! “WoW, thanks, oh, my gosh…..thanks!” I say, I’m feeling so blessed……I was not expecting to walk out of the Apple store with my old Ipod, not to mention a new one.
I’m going to run again tomorrow, I like the running for duration, I like zoning out like that, thinking of nothing, just hearing the music…..NICE! I was pretty pumped that I ran the entire sixty minutes without stopping…..I feel really good about that!!
Peace,
T
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| Triangle |
Tri Stories: Run day….fun day!
Such a change of events in one week! Training was awesome today, I sat for meditation, then moving into my practice…..with my upcoming run in mind, I move into poses for the legs and hips….beginning with cobbler’s pose (Baddha konasana), followed by seated wide angle forward fold (Upavistha konasana), added in triangle pose (Trikonasana) and added a few others in between and closing it down with splits (Hanuman ). After a beautiful savasana (final pose) I feel, relaxed, open and ready to run!
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| Seated wide angle forward fold (Upavistha konasana), |
I can’t believe I’m running, better yet, that I’m enjoying it…..I like that! I felt amazing after the run, as I headed into the studio to stretch my legs and get in a inversion…… Savita was cooling down as I was done, “nice run , you had a great pace, & form“ she said, ‘thanks, great energy” I say to her…..I always find running near someone helps me tremendously, the tone they set, is what I run off of........my way of course but with a mixture of energies. After teaching my noon class I contemplate going into the steam bath, I decide not to go, good thing because I found out it was being repaired……..So, I head out!
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| Splits (Hanuman pose) |
Monday evening, I had to decide between me and my Ipod who would take the hardest fall…..I choose my I pod, as it crashed on the cement, I knew the chance of survival was thin…..I picked it up, and the busted screen is looking back at me….Arrrrrgggghhhh! I take a breath I’m on my way to teach a class and really can’t deal with this right now, I think to myself. I take a good look at the Ipod when I get home, and its busted pretty bad, I make a note to get to Apple store this week…..Today I enter the Apple Store, I’m immediately greeted by a handsome young man…..This place is insane, high, high, energy……almost animated energy......I felt like I walked into a movie scene……so,this very handsome young man asks what's up, I explaine what happened, he tells me that its $99 to repair, I let out a audible “dayyyummm“, but with laughter…..he laughed, we both laughed, then he said “well, why don’t you speak to a representative from service” , “you never no maybe they can work something out for you…..“a blessing” he says, I look at him and say “thanks, I will”….I’m whisked off to the check in representative, she reminded me of the lady from the Progressive car insurance commercials…..Lol…the skirt, the glasses, the hair, everything (too cute)…she mad me smile. I waited all of 30 seconds and a young fella walks up, introduces himself , i repeat my problem and 10 minutes later I’m walking out the store with a BRAND NEW Ipod….FREE!! Dude, explained that the cracked screen is not covered under the warranty, and mentions the price to fix it……”can you fix it today ?” I ask, he say’s “I can just give you a new one” “at no cost” he adds! “WoW, thanks, oh, my gosh…..thanks!” I say, I’m feeling so blessed……I was not expecting to walk out of the Apple store with my old Ipod, not to mention a new one.
I’m going to run again tomorrow, I like the running for duration, I like zoning out like that, thinking of nothing, just hearing the music…..NICE! I was pretty pumped that I ran the entire sixty minutes without stopping…..I feel really good about that!!
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| Yogatones |
Peace,
T
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