On Being Conscious

It's another WET day on the West Coast.  While I love it here, there are times, like now, when it seems to have been raining for days on end and it gets rather drab....energy-wise that is.

When I find myself all warm and cozy in the house on days such as these, it becomes a definite chore to actually go out into it all and fight traffic everywhere.  You would think that living here, out in RuralVille, traffic wouldn't be a problem but that is definitely NOT the case.  If I am not back  by 3:00 my commute time doubles.  And everything moves so slowly, like a herd of something moving as a 4 lane pack.  Sigh...........

But I am back home so chalk it up to learning to pay attention when my housemate, who has lived out here for 3 years, says "gotta go between 11:00 am and get back here by 2:00 p.m. or you're hooped".  I didn't really think she meant EVERY day.

Hmmmm, I appear to be feeling somewhat tense.  I handled a pressing problem and it worked out better than anticipated so yeah for me, which is the main reason I had to go out there in the first place.  But this seems bigger than that.

Of course I did do a very conscious workout today which entails visualizing each muscle and/or muscle group one particular set of exercise relates to.  Certainly keeps me aware of each and every move I make and breath I take.  Now that I actually verbalized that to myself right here, I'm sure that this is not tension...oh no.  This is simply my back saying "Hey, that wasn't fair"....smile

It sure felt good though.  So much of a workout is spent thinking about other things while our bodies go through the motions, which means that YOU are not as connected to your body as you would like.  I visualize my body and "see" it moving like lines of light connecting one part to the other and watching it move in response to the motion I am going through.  I was fully conscious of both the in breath and the out breath - and the path the breath travelled from the in to the out and back again.  Best workout I have had in months.  I think I was kind of missing the old gym and the old gang that worked out at the same time as I did.  So now that I worked as hard as I did today, I doubt I'll be missing anyone PLUS the equipment here is WAY nicer.

I'm meeting with said gym buddies tomorrow for brunch.  Will be nice to catch up.  I know that mostly they will want to hear what I am doing since I was the one that intrigued them all, not being the way of the norm.  So lots to share with them all.

Not exactly a golden Muse kinda post, but what the heck, now you all know that the rains are relentless here and I will be a tad sore tomorrow........you know.....conscious workout......smile

Have a good one.