Sleep well

The thing with doing yoga everyday is that it makes you very much in sync with your body. You are more attuned to it.

One of the things I am trying to do now is do a forward bend as part of the surya namaskar. I can, stretch and touch the floor. I hold the back of my thighs and try to push my back closer to my legs. This makes it easier to touch the ground. But I can't do it in one smooth, elegant, motion.

This is progress of course. There was a time when no matter how much I tried, I never could touch the floor.

Now, I can.

I can feel the stretch in my glutes and my lower back as I do.

On Friday night, before sleeping I had turned off all alarms and the robot vacuum's scheduled cleanup routine.

We had returned from the party and by the time we were done with getting to sleep, it was around 1AM. So, I shut off all alarms and woke up when Savya decided to wake up, which was around 9:30 AM.

When doing Surya namaskar today, I could feel the difference a rested body makes. While doing the surya-namaskar it did not feel like my body was fighting me. I was in a state of bliss. I felt at one with my body, with everything around me.

This is still seldom enough, that I cherish these mornings. These mornings when it feels like I am progressing in my journey. Where it feels like I am touching the divine. Where it feels like I am divine.

So, sleep well I guess. That's the lesson. Every body needs sleep. Every body may need a different amount of sleep. So, try to find that time, and sleep for that time.