Had plenty of goals planned out to do after work, but not all of them we accomplished. I’m okay with that.
Pranayama:  Practiced in bed before going to sleep. I think I went to sleep a little more quickly than normal, but I’m also still tired from the teacher training, trying to keep up with my normal hectic week schedule plus everything else going on for me right now so I’m curious to try this at night a few more times to see if it really helped me relax at night or if it was partially due to being tired and having a beer tonight plus the pranayama.
Yoga:  I took today after work to clean up my dance room so I’d have room to do home practice and specifically thought some Chandra namaskar would be good for me since so many things in life seems to be in a bit of a state of chaos right now. But once that was done, I had a quick supper (vegan mac and cheese with broccoli, yummy!) and then ran off to my violin lesson. When I got home I wanted to spend time with my sweet honey, so I watched a show with him, then got on the computer to take care of work stuff. Next thing I know it was after 11:30pm and I needed to get to bed, so that’s what I did. I also think I might have been avoiding doing yoga though I’m not quite sure why.
Ahimsa:  Less worrying about what I didn’t get done means more peace for me. Outside of the home I had a panhandler / chronic inebriate ask me for money while I was walking to work from the parking garage. I had my wallet but I lied and said I only had my keys. I felt bad about the lie immediately and am still thinking about that non-truth on the third day of Ahimsa. Was it non-harm to not give the money that would have most likely been spent to harm himself or should I have believed him when he said it was to take a bus to the airport? Thoughts to ponder…
Observe— Honor— Activate
In the absence of harming there is peace. In what ways do we harm ourselves or others? Through what thoughts, actions and speech do we violate ahimsa? In what environments are you more likely to violate the principle of non-harming. How much time to you spend in these environments and how can you neutralize the experience with Ahimsa? Is there a touchstone, mantra or awareness that you can engage to support ahimsa feelings actions and speech? Over the next three days, without judgment, please observe, then honor and then activate the essence of ahimsa.