Behind in Blogging, but not in Yoga

It's Wednesday. Monday I did Rodney's practice, Day 5, with a focus on Half Moon Pose (hard) and Pyramid Pose (also hard). I looked ahead in the book, and Day 6 is a focus on meditation. I am getting more interested in meditation, and actually Tuesday would have been a good day to do that, since I had Donna's class to look forward to at 12:30.

Anyway, I got up early Tuesday but didn't practice. Instead I read Barbara Fredrickson's book, "Positivity". I should have done yoga, as it turned out, because all of that extra time meant I drank too much coffee, and despite all my reading, I was incredibly short-tempered by the time everybody else got up. That one cup of coffee too many really tips me over the edge.

Tuesday's class with Donna was great, as usual. I got to talk with her for a minute before class about my space for practicing at home, and she totally got my dilemma about needing a place to practice that I can heat, but that I don't really want to squeeze into a room. I really like my little yoga hall practice area--it's uncluttered, and as long as I close the bathroom and laundry room doors, it feels sort of streamlined and nice. She suggested I keep practicing there, since the energy is good, and set up a small space heater.

So this morning, Wednesday, I set up the little heater and turned up the heat downstairs. I had decided to do the Week One practice of Baptiste's 40 Days to Personal Revolution. It's a very good practice, about 25 minutes or so, challenging but not impossible. Boat Pose, man.

I'm working hard on remembering that though my relationship with Nora is challenging, that can be good. And sometimes I really need to be the grown-up, and leave a difficult interaction instead of lashing out or dropping to her level. As Stephanie points out, this is a chance for me to grow. Our power struggles highlight an area I need to work on anyway--I can be too controlling, too task-oriented, not mellow or relaxed. Nora doesn't respond well to that, and then I get uptight, and then it spirals out of control. My job is to say yes when I can, slow down when I can, let her take the lead.