The Daunting Morning Practice

Photo credit: Veronica L. Photography

A morning practice…

That's something that I truly need to develop more of. Many of us avoid it like the plague. Just when we made plans to wake-up early and meditate or practice asana, the alarm goes off … and we hit the snooze button. 

Maybe we stay up late and that will be our excuse the next morning. Here's another one… we wash our mat, so it's too wet or put it somewhere we can't find to avoid going to a studio for practice. Excuses, excuses.



So what do you?

• Get all your stuff ready the night before.
  

Makes your morning more efficient and you'll be primed to get going. 

• Don't wake up 15-minutes before the start of class!
  

LOL… seriously, give yourself time to marinate. Yeah… marinate. To enjoy your morning, savor your departure from bed and allow your body to get acclimated to a new day instead of rushing out. 

• Get a cat!
  

Yes… they'll get you up really early whether you want to or not.

• Develop a home practice.
  

You don't have to go to your local studio to get your meditation or asana practice in. Roll out a mat in the  living room or any available space in your home and a few sun salutations later, you got yourself an effective morning routine. 

• Get into poses that will stimulate. 
  

Energizing poses; cat-cow to warm up the spine, sun salutations to build heat, back-bends to invigorate and finish with savasana to collect yourself and cultivate awareness for the day. 

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