Day 10 of my ten day challenge ended up with me ending my gym membership and committing to 52 weeks of Bikram yoga. At the end of class, feeling great, I motor around the corner to my new favorite coffee shop in the quaint general store. Mmmm…. on this cold, windy, rainy cape day, the French vanilla coffee smelled wonderful. As I made my cup just how I like it, I was thinking how nice this is going to be on a cold winter morning. I paid for my coffee, chatted with the clerk a bit, then went back out in the rain and got in the car. As I started the car, again I was smelling the coffee and thinking hot yoga and great coffee are going to make my mornings very pleasant this year, and how great to be fit and healthy from something I enjoy. I pulled out of the parking lot and headed toward home. Drinking my coffee and slowly driving down 6 A, I got half way home and suddenly realized I did not take out my phone and check my messages and Facebook. I would never forget this. Even at my new coffee shop, I would come out to the car and spend 10 minutes on my phone before driving home. At first I felt anxious, but then feeling so calm and relaxed from yoga, I realized this was a good thing. I continued to drive home feeling really glad that I could leave the world behind for a couple hours without even realizing it. Again, I saw the benefits of my new sport kicking in without me even trying.
Arriving home with a well-toned body, a calmer mind, and a softer aura, another day goes by, and….I have written.
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