It's been a busy, busy day in our household. I went to bed at 2am and got up at 9am. That's the latest I've gotten up in a really long time now. If you read through my archives a few years ago, I lamented the fact that I would never be able to have a regular Mysore practice because I just wasn't a morning person. So it feels a bit odd to think, at 9am, "Wow, half the day is gone!"

I had this huge post a second ago about concerts, people and marijuana... but I decided I couldn't find a way to finish it off so I should just delete it. Instead I went and got the mail and in there were two new videos from the archives -- Tim's 1st Series and Mysore, India. Cool!

It got me to thinking about how tomorrow is Tim's last day before he goes to Europe for awhile. It sucks because I know that practice just isn't the same without his energy in the room. I have no idea why that is... it's not like the practice is any easier or any harder... it's just different in some vague sense. I like to think that this is the Shala Energy (even though we call it a studio) that we all show up for all the time. The earth that binds us together. Lots of things disturb the Shala Energy... not necessarily making them better or worse, just noticeable differences in the shared space. A new person who starts regularly coming, someone visiting, a big workshop, the teacher going away. It's an interesting place to go... to work with a different vibe and settle into it, into your practice.

Sometimes I wonder why I blog about practice. Sometimes it truly is ... sit down and blog about practice physically, over analyze, be a yoga junkie... and sometimes it's not. It's just like yoga really, some days it's just getting on the mat and somedays it's like "jumping from a cliff and sailing through the skies" (as quoted from an "Un-Blogged Source").

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In most astonishing, how did that happen news... my back... suddenly fine. No aches, no pains.. it feels normal. I feel no minute amount of awareness in any one area in my back. I didn't want to think yesterday was normal but today... no nothing... my back feels blissfully normal!