I was feeling un-motivated to do yoga today, so I tried to procrastinate with some bad Sunday afternoon television.  Unfortunately (or fortunately), the cable was out.  Taking that as the universe telling me to get off my butt, I put in the Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers DVD and did her yin kidney practice.

This is a great practice focusing on the kidney/bladder/urinary tract meridians.  My favorite pose today was saddle pose, basically the yin version of reclining hero’s pose.  Apparently my quadriceps really needed the stretch and I could feel my whole torso opening up.

In this practice, Sarah talks a lot about the suffering of suffering and that lesson seems particularly appropriate this week.  I think I’ve been spending a lot of time recently bemoaning the state of my health instead of focusing on the present and what I need to do to take care of myself.  Easier said than done, but that’s why they call it a practice!

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