Tonight I did a series of asanas, a warm-up, a side-bend pose, a balance pose, a twisting pose, a forward bend, a back bend, and an inverted pose. I put emphasis on the back bend pose, the cobra. Feeling energy extend through my legs and feet as I raise my upper body from the floor without pushing with my elbows. Feeling strong, flexible, slight tension in shoulders. I did this several times, concentrating on relaxing my shoulders and using core muscles to raise my body slowly. Feeling more relaxed and natural as I continue to bring awareness to the motion of raising my upper body from the mat. Feel a pain in upper right side, where I once was diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer. Mental note to pay attention.
After asana practice, I did a self-massage with sweet almond oil and took a hot epsom salt bath, very relaxing, the feeling of caring for myself.
I then sat in vipassana meditation for 30 minutes. The only note of this is: very sleepy tonight. Cat lying beside me. Head slumping forward several times.
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