Two nights of suffering and this third night into it, at last, thanks to yoga, I am no longer jet lagged. I could have been more efficient and popped sleeping pills* like someone’s suggestion but… I thank last night’s solar (90 min. group) and lunar/restorative (90 min. self) yoga practices. Gratitude for being allowed this precious time for self-study and care – I realize not everyone can afford the time and must take sleeping pills or whatever it takes to be totally 100% “ON” but… I was marginally functional despite the headache and the mind fog (I am not an air traffic controller so no worries). I slept like a baby last night and here I am fully refreshed, recharged and clear headed. Feels like that sensation coming out of well guided restorative or yoga nidra or meditation sessions where the fog within lifts and you are no longer sluggish, muddled or lost – your path is redrawn where your senses are sharper and there’s clarity and inner world at utter peace. While everyone deals with insomnia in different ways, sleeping pills, alcohol, internet and meaningless contacts – they may work but probably not as empowering as when you are able to self-regulate. And yoga is probably about that – being a yogini means, you are able to trust the natural power within to heal, to rejuvenate and in this case, to rejoin the living, renewed and restored, with reverence for the warm sun shining within your heart and the cool moon light reflected within your mind’s lake. The storm has passed, multi-faceted glow surrounds you, everything sparkles:) Yoga creates … ENERGY. PRANA. & who dispenses the teaching matters to me.
Have a lovely day !
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“I don’t give a d-mn about power and money per se. Really, I don’t. I may be a selfish b-st–d, but I’m incredibly cool about sh-t like that. I could be a Zen saint. The one thing I do have, though, is curiosity. I want to see what I can do out there in the big, tough world.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Excuse him for the language – Someone was young and fully awake:) and despite the fact that it’s all him, Yoko, his wife has been beside him since the very beginning, before fame: “When working on a book, Murakami states that he relies on his wife, who is always his first reader.” To be always the first reader … what a show of love and trust. I wonder if she edits…or just accepts all as is.
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* Melatonin per MD seems safe and Skullcap Tincture from an aromatherapist appear innocuous enough so I am not judgmental. But beyond that, such as commonly prescribed Halcion seems unnecessary. It is unfortunate but maybe for some, yoga may not be accessible due to various limitations. It would be wonderful if it was accessible to anyone with or without limitations as this simple experiment of mine shows – yoga works. You can change from within, one breath at a time – Yes?