9/23

Today's Plan: yoga
As I have said before, nothing soothes me like twisting my body into into pretzel shapes. My exercise over the years has followed a bit of a pattern. After about 8 months of solid regular exercise, I get tired and take a few weeks off. Last year I never reached that point. But last December I decided to take the month off. It's a hectic month, I just figured what the heck. I lasted about a week before I found myself face down on a yoga mat.
I get,oh, let's say, cranky if I don't do my yoga regularly. I feel guilty if I don't do my other exercises, and that tends to make me feel bad and therefore short tempered. But it is the lack of yoga itself that makes me cranky.  I don't know what it is about yoga. I try to read yoga magazines, but I am not really into the meditation and naturalistic lifestyle they talk about. But yogis must be right, because I feel better after yoga.
I think perhaps it is the long slow breaths, it certainly relaxes one and slows down your brain. That can only be a good thing at the end of a busy day. After a good session, I get the same feeling as after a good run: all my muscles have a delightful "we've been used" burn. And the endorphins are definitely released. Must be all the upside down poses!