Sunday, again. . .

So it seems Sundays work out as the best day for me to write, often anyway. Its a day I normally get up with no alarm clock, still fairly early for the average human though, but I've been getting up at 4am for 12 years, so now sleeping in til 5am is a treat and about the latest I can wake up, even though I slept til 6am this morning (tell you about that in a minute). So, I normally get up leisurely and practice, then breakfast, shower and head to Starbucks to read and drink a chai, then Forest Park for a walk, to meditate or to just sit in my car and read some more. Then teach at 11:15am, so a leisurely morning for me, I very often teach much earlier. Then I lunch after, very often head home for a nap, or if its nice to the park for a nap, then wake up refreshed and ready to share some ideas on this page. Not always, but a lot of the times this is how my Sundays work. I may regret telling you people that, but we'll see lol. So hence why I have the time to write, its a no pressure kind of day. This morning however was different, I was only able to barely drag my ass out of bed at 6am ( I just can't sleep past dawn, suns up, I am) because Terry Sobon, a good friend of mine, and I went to see Poison and Def Leppard last night, not my usual Saturday evening, but an entertaining one none the less. After seeing the movie Rock of Ages I had a kind of revival of love for the 80s rock music that I grew up with and much of the music last night was in the movie. Terry loved the movie too and so when this tour was coming to town and we noticed it, we bought tickets. Poison was not good, well if I'm honest it was Bret Michaels that was not good, his voice cracked a lot and he would stop to yell every other word ST Louis, oh yeah St Louis! Dude, sing the fucking song, we all know where we are! lol But C.C. Deville was amazing, he did a little guitar solo that blew me away, so I hope that means that his drug troubles are behind him and he's finally flying clean and clear. Now Def Leppard was amazing, I had forgotten how many songs of theirs I knew and loved, even knew the words too. But they all also look good and still sound good, play very good and are entertaining. So all in all, even though I was out way later than I would've preferred, it was a fun evening with a lady I love very much and some great entertainment. THis morning however, my head, which is not necessarily ringing like I thought it would be, feels pressured, as if its in a vice. And so my practice was shortened and I added in a lot of pranayama, which seemed to help. I think I taught okay, but am not sure lol! Oh well, its just interesting how changing it up can be and what occurs. I'm glad I'm not uptight like I used to be and would not go to something like this, especially since its only once in a while, and to spend time with a friend is the most important part. So I hope we all can be relaxed, enjoy ourselves and not get so caught up in the yogic stuff that we can't apply it to our lives in many varying ways, not just to practice on the mat in the morning, but also in our interactions with others and in our goings on around town in our day to day lives. Enjoy your day!