12/4 Check-In: I Did Something

To keep things moving in my world while I’m on the brink of a total meltdown I chose to do a yoga session at home today. It felt more achievable than going outside for a walk at this present moment with all my firefighter parts acting up, and I’ve been wanting to join in this free yoga series I’ve been following for a while now with Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. So, I turned on the tv, got out my yoga mat I’ve used only once, and navigated my way through finding YouTube and even logging in to the platform so I could subscribe to her channel (I’m nailing huge wins all round over here).

I’m a bit late chiming in for her December series, however, it couldn’t have been more perfectly timed as today’s session was “yoga for when you are spiralling.” Touché… this was clearly meant for me in this moment.

Since this was my first time doing any sort of exercise at home, it was also the first time for Anubis, who decided to be an active participant in the 25 minutes I thought I was going to have for myself.

We started with alternate nostril breathing, of which two wet nostrils joined in and made their way pretty much up my nose the entire time. Following that we did some cat-cow movement, which resulted in a furry body underneath me and a head up and out the top of my sweatshirt, wet nose included.

By the end of the practice, I’m not sure I achieved any stillness with the squeaking pickle in my ear, the gnawing of a bone on my toes and the wet nose everywhere it wasn’t meant to be. But, I, or should I say we, did it anyways, with a lot of added laughter, and it still felt really good.

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