Aww.. really? But it's cold! ( I know, December in Australia is never cold!)... I'm in my pjs! (even though they are snazzy!)... I haven't had my breakfast! .. You know the litany of thoughts that parade through your mind in an attempt to avoid and/or procrastinate.
Okay.. okay.. I'm going (mumbling to self and wondering why on earth I decided to be 'in tune' with my body)...
Once I had dragged my sorry self outside, I decided it was a great opportunity to complete the Tibetan Rites (yoga positions to enhance healing, alignment and well-being). These rites are often a part of my daily routine but I will admit that since December rolled in, these rites rolled out!
Now, picture the scene: a middle-aged woman with bed hair; dressed in her snazzy purple pjs; standing in her backyard while contorting her body into pretzel like positions. I should have taped it! It would be viral in no time on YouTube!
There are five positions, each requiring a maximum of 21 repetitions. Seeing that I can only count to 5, that is always my goal. I listened to my bones creak, the muscles scream and the strange sounds of "OMG" emanating from my solar plexus and throat regions. Ahhh.. exercise! Gotta love it!
I continued to contort in the bid for overall flexibility as every cell shouted: Hallelujah! We're outside! We're exercising! This is great. I think my body is a sadist. Yet, I had to agree. It was great to be outside and exercising. Funny how it takes us months to attain fitness and only a couple of weeks to slide back to 'pretzeldom'.
The whole time that I was outside, I was under observation of a bird that reminded me of a Spangled Drongo (yes, there is bird called that!). It's cheeky eye was trained on me the whole time; laughing on the inside! Then, it gave a strident call that almost knocked me flat on my yoga mat as I was completing the Dog Position. Now that certainly would have been worth a video!
It's the solstice soon.. time to decorate...
Namaste
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