DeAnna Knippling

This morning, I didn’t get much yoga done. I was still mad from yesterday – I didn’t dwell on it, but when I started doing yoga, anger was the first thing that bubbled up. “He’s not going to keep me from walking this morning.” So I walked. I took a different route than usual, because […]

Yesterday, we took the day off and went to Tarpon Springs, the Greek area, where Ray rescued someone’s phone sitting at the fountain of the naiads. The phone turned out to belong to a kid of about 7-8 getting an earful from their mom. I got the impression of CHAOS INCARNATE somehow, like I’d met

I’m doing this morning out of order. Yesterday afternoon, the HUNGRIES descended upon me, after being increasingly nibbly for several days. Okay, whatever. Today, I had a protein bar right after I got up, which I can very rarely tolerate (I usually feel blurgy until 8 a.m.). Doing yoga, it felt like everything was “switched”

Yesterday was a bunch of errands. It was cooler out in the morning, which meant that a) some damn bugs found me and I ditched yoga early, but b) I did extra walking. This morning was cooler, too, but for some reason the bugs didn’t hunt me as viciously, so I got through most of

Day before yesterday: finished the first part of Blind Date with Death shortly before midnight. Huzzah! Yesterday: CRASH DAY. I got up and did yoga and walked, but I felt yucky by the time I got back to the AirBnB and ended up spending most of the day slacking off. During yoga and the walk,

This morning: more falls but deeper into poses, particularly forward bends. I think writing the scene I was worried about yesterday helped me on several levels. It feels like I carry tension and resistance that come from mostly emotional/mental stuff, and I carry tension and resistance that come mostly from neglecting my body. The emotional/mental

This morning’s yoga, I practiced praising myself like a little kid wants to be praised. “Oooh, good job! Hahaha, just keep going. Look at you, standing on one foot!” I was feeling upset about something and hit one of the warrior poses (I never remember which is which) where I finally settled into a sense

This morning: CHICKENS. Running around loose. I’d heard there were some in Ybor City, but I ran into a whole flock of mini-chickens of a variety of colors!!!

I must be in a pretty good place. This morning, yesterday’s wobble-thought didn’t work (“I am *going* to wobble”). Today’s was, “It was wobbling that brought me this far.” [Happily wobbles through pose.]