Off to class tonight, hoping against hope that it will be fairly relaxed and not too strenuous. I'm in luck! We are instructed to take three blankets, a bolster and an eyebag and to make ourselves comfortable. We spend an hour lying down under our blankets going through a yoga nidra routine -- and ancient form of meditation that mainly involves visualizing certain things, emotions, and parts of the body and trying not to fall asleep. Easier said than done: I kept drifting off, only to come to with a start and remember that I ought to be focusing on my thumb. But, it was beautifully relaxing, the time sped by, and I feel all calm and balanced. For now.
And given that I was woken up at 4.30 this morning by both the bloody dawn chorus and worries about a doctor's appointment, I really nidra-ed that. (Heh -- see what I did there?)
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