so today was incredibly relaxing.
woke up and followed my kudalini book's suggestion for "how to wake up in the morning." it included doing some in-bed stretches before even getting out bed - a dry skin brushing - rubbing down with coconut oil - taking an ice cold shower - and then doing yoga. made a delish smoothie breakfast of: strawberries, blackberries, cherries, carrot juice and green powder. had some white tea and also some leftover blueberry buckwheat pancakes from yesterday. read my book on the porch. then walked to target to buy a book that wasn't there.
funny thing about walking to target was: usually i feel some transit annoyance with traffic and trying to secure a parking spot - also the fact that my car is less than perfectly comfortable adds to my slight discomfort upon arriving at a retail destination. By the time I enter the store, i am usually less than interested in my fellow man: it's more of a get-in and get-out excursion. today, arriving by foot, i felt a strange sense of real present-moment community watching the people entering the store just ahead of me... it was a warm connection with my brandon/riverview neighbors who just so happened to be shopping in our town marketplace at the same time as me.
anyway. got back to the house and changed into some yoga gear. Suzie was teaching her first yin/yang class today. class description: turns on the heat in the first half and then concentrates on stretching joints, ligaments, and muscles in the second part. It was the first time that I think i've really gotten into chavasana: when she told us to come back into our bodies, i found, almost alarmingly, that i really did need to come back into body-consciousness.
From there, I drove to the mall to buy a book. Beautiful drive. The screen on the bank read 96 degrees and i was on a post-yoga brain-dead high. The sky reminded me of what i think the African plains may look like when a giant storm rolls in: Giant black cloud cutting the bright blue sky in half. the humidity was excellent - like a thick, skin/throat/lung healing, misty blanket. maybe is florida a nice mixture of the African plains and the South American misty rainforests.
Got the mall and purchased my book - from there ventured on to Teavana where I got a tea blend called "Youthberry."... sweet, tangy, delicate orange blossom taste. then went home to make lunch of a big ol salad, seasoned and fried okra, and self-made almond milk sweetened with stevia and cocoa powder. then watched a movie and read my book on the porch in the sun. mmm then made some mahi mahi and spaghetti squash for dinner. de-freekin-licious.
Suzie then brought her doggies and a coupla beers over to play in the dog park. the dogs got crazy muddy rolling around in the puddles so we had to wash them off and both of us got soaked with stinky dog water. then came up to my apt and showered off. made some bed time tea and here i am now. super chill louis armstrong kinda night. gonna try to wake up early again tomorrow.
oh yea and talked to lauren yesterday. so good to talk to her - it's comforting to have known someone for that long. she and i were sophomore year roommates when i was dating josh bennett, my magical and wonderful highschool boyfriend. oh good times. she spoke some serious truths and, funny enough, i just knew it was time to give her a call. we've both been thinkin about the same topics lately. everything from the taught social norms of the procurement and securing of life "goals", quieting and learning from your ego, honesdale and it's restorative benefits (maybe the camp was a perfect detox at 22, and the institute would be good for me now at 25/26: such a magnetic place) and the power of speech and it's karmic ripples. i also cleaned my room super duper pretty last night and it makes me feel so comfy. mmmm tonight's music is "monster's of folk" and "minus the bear." here's a cool quote to end the bloggy sesh: "the universe is full of magical things, patiently awaiting for our wits to grow sharper." by eden phillipotts. goodnight.
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