My body went Oh! When i heard shoelace, my left knees arthritis jusn’t doesn’t like it, but persevere and Devi’s comment play around and be intuitive, made all the difference, it was a more to the left move with my arms eased of the, what is normally a very painful experience for the knee, Note to self be more intuitive all the time and go with what the body tells me, of course with Devi’s permission to be intuitive, of course.. Thanks Devi

When in the the first pose, sphinx, i kept sending the messages to my hips and below, Devi said relax them, what my head then thought about was some of those Salvador Dali pictures when things melt - my hips and below truly felt like they were melting into the yoga mat - it was hard to leave the pose after that sensation. A little like the sensation of the flotation pool in the pitch black - sublime. I must go lie next to my dog and see if we can melt downwards next to each other she seems to have it mastered - at least the downward and upward Dog pose!!

Well it is the little things that I notice that bring joy in this just right , for me, practice tonight. How easy to move to banana from star, the crow/duck in the background and then the dog as if they were in the practice. Then after months of experimentation I found the perfect height for a pillow to ease my neck during fig 4 move. The only trouble with this mindfulness moments of Joy is keeping up with the flow. I have been thinking through the Japanese saying ‘Ma’ and how to highlight that in my Yin practice. Many thanks Devi

Perfect timing for me tonight, my body found last nights just a little too long at the end of my day. Having used props for my fish pose, which felt good, as my neck seems to not be able to find comfort in thread the needle to the right, though pushing down a little more on my left arm eased it somewhat I wonder what prop I could use for this. Funny when the note from Devi about he practice and calendar for the week dropped into my inbox earlier I think my soul soul did a little dance of joy as I saw 20 mins was on the agenda for tonight. It is Sunday after all isn’t it ( day of rest!!!) Thanks Devi

Moving my hips just that little bit more over before twisting gave my spine that satisfying ‘clunk’ allowing me to relax even more into the mat - those little adjustments do make that difference. Another piece to share on my practice was giving myself permission to use cushions - I always heard what Devi said “you can also use a…” but my head said that would be cheating. Boy does it make a difference for my own satisfaction using the cushion at appropriate poses, like today’s crossed legged’ or half butterfly, i can reach further, it is more comfortable and I come away feeling more relaxed. Yep we need to look after these aging bodies!!!

I also had to make a few adjustments as i find myself in a hotel room. The practice is on th floor between bed and wall - just enough room, no blocks so i used the dog bed, folded as my block/bolster and it worked. 6 hour drive so this session truly needed, thanks Devi. I couldn’t miss my 63day streak now could I !!!

Have my Yoga room/sanctuary but like others when on road trips finding great outdoor locations is a must, next to a Beaver lodge in Norway is still the best with moon a stars above

Qigong, Hatha Yoga, strength, Pilates or Arobic about and hour with 10 min rowing/cycling or cross trainer to round off. , before breakfast. Two walks with the dog during the day then YIN with Nidra/NSDR as my evening routine. All part of my ‘recovery’ regime post stroke - it certainly has really helped in the physical recovery, the YIN and Nidra helps the wind down and processing I need at the end of the day and relaxation I need before bed. When feeling really chilled I then meditate practicing my calligraphy writing out the heart Sutra which might interest Bob S’. Your daily streak helps me keep on track (day 14 tonight) and I do have to get stuck ruminating about which of your sessions I might like to do, which can I glide through perhaps quickly, your calendar gives me no option, easy choice - the just listen to my body when a pose feels a little too optimistic- it’s funny I need the little reward of ‘another days streak’ thank you Devi

Note to self, when your body says option 1, listen to it…. It knows best. Lovely session as the moon tracked across my window, it would have loved the birdsong from yesterdays session to enhance my moment - nice - thank you Devi

Well it was easy on my knee which was great. It was a nice flow ans stretch that seemed to get to all parts. Easy to follow. The only part I found slightly out of sync was the speed of the flow we repeated earlier in the practice, my body wanted it to be slower and it skipped one flow to feeel the stretch. Other than that ‘Nice’ thank you