I’ve been so, so good. Every morning for the past two months, I’ve woken up and immediately done about 10 minutes of yoga—often with videos from Tara Stiles (stay tuned for a piece and an exclusive video for cyclists coming out on Bicycling Mag’s website soon!).
Until yesterday. I could say it was because we really wanted to get a run in early, before we left for the Namur World Cup. (Which we did, and I have to say, the World Cup was super rad—not racing, just working—but more on that later.)
The run was great, and I admit, I didn’t even think about the yoga until halfway through the day, but by then, the window had passed. Except it hadn’t. I could have done a few minutes later in the day, but I didn’t. I just didn’t do any stretching.
So, what happened? Absolutely nothing.
I’d like to say that I really felt it and was off-kilter all day, that my zen was off, my mellow was harshed, but since we did do a morning run, it was pretty much the same vibe as any other day, except I knew I’d missed that habit I’m trying so hard to make daily. It means I’ve failed the Jerry Seinfeld Strategy—which I love—and that bummed me out.
But you know what? I woke up this morning and I got out of bed and turned on a yoga video. Had I skipped this morning, maybe it would have been a problem. And yeah, I’m annoyed that I skipped a day. But I’m happier that I got right back on track, so really, all that skipping a day did was show me that I really, really love this new routine that I’m in.
So, Namaste!
PS: Tara Stiles’ Yoga for Productivity is my new favorite—something about the fact that the title is about productivity acts as a weird flipping of the switch for me and I swear, my mornings are the most productive when I do this one versus the others.
