Build slowly

Advent Day Nine, 2014 Melanie Mowinski

Running metaphors find their way into my teaching, thinking and making all the time, especially when I’ve been sick and I haven’t been able to run.

• The hill is your friend.
• Warm-up.
• The only thing harder than running is not running.
• Not everyone is an Olympic runner, but with regular practice, training, perseverance and speed work, you can definitely become competitive.
• Training is not just for the body, but also the mind. Practice patience and focus.
• And the all time favorite, to run a marathon you must start at the beginning and build slowly.

When I began to practice yoga, I discovered the parallels between the mental training that both offer. The text in today’s collage comes from an article about the crane pose, what can you apply that to today?