GRATITUDE: For the sorer than usual muscles especially in my right gluteus medius/piriformis (the sight of which I believe is the root of my pelvic imbalance and where my back pain has been compensating/causing the nerve impingement and chronic pain these last couple years). I’ve drastically noticed the changes of discomfort/comfort over the last few months. It’s hard to tell if it’s finally the nutritional supplements, starting the consistent 7 minute workout this past year (definitely doing jumping jacks and squats has made a difference), a mindset reframe about getting older and what it means to be strong. Whatever the case, I’m really thankful for having started some kind of yoga practice when we lived in NYC. I remember being so intimidated and frightened of even trying it back then, grateful for that small hole in the wall place just down the street from our Greenpoint apartment on Guernsey. It’s probably the first time I started to understand that doing something solely for myself was okay. It was also the beginning of awareness towards my physical body and listening to the clues/imbalances that I had even then. Today’s body is so different and this tightness and pain that I have in my right back/hip/glute/leg/hamstring…these never existed way back then. But when I look back to a year ago and how I could barely sit up after trimming my own toenails or how leaning over the sink to wash my face was so hard, I’m so thankful for a body that can heal. Perhaps someday I’ll be able to relax again fully in child’s pose like I used to…but for now it’s still a lot of conscious work.
FOCUS: Forgot to mention I believe my soreness (in where I likely need it most) was from the 10 minute row session I did yesterday. It didn’t seem too intense at the time, but today my body is saying do more of that…this is where your muscles are weak. More rowing lies ahead I guess!
INSPIRATION:
