Day 26: gift of energy

I was SO tired today, especially from 2:00 on. All I can pin it on is the double I pulled yesterday. I was just pooped. I fell asleep in my chair at work. Which was actually fine since I couldn't get much done. Our internet went down at 11:20 and stayed down all day.

I came to class still feeling bone-tired. But as soon as I walked into the hot room, it was like someone had flipped my switch. I had a very strong practice! I didn't need to rest out one pose and I drew all this energy from my practice! Krista taught and there were only eight of us (the sunny weather is keeping people outside and away from the studio!) and we were all women. Krista put on a Loreena McKennitt CD. It was great! And afterward, my energy was completely renewed. Perhaps you doubt me a little bit? Well, I came home and did that which MSH nor I has done in about ten months: yardwork. For one hour. So often I think of energy as coming from sleep, or from external sources like food or people, or whatever. But it's wonderful to know energy can also come from within, from the breath, the mind, and the body.

I pruned the gigantic Japanese quince bush and weeded and turned soil in a patch of the garden bed in the backyard. I now have a small rectangle of brown in a sea of overgrown green. I will grow vegetables.