I have been building my yoga practice since starting my yoga teacher training in September. It has been slow going. Since my mother’s death, it has been even slower, and more or less a mental wish, more than anything else. My motivation has been zapped. But as I wrote about before, I am giving myself some grace in these areas. I have to be realistic about what I am both physically capable of doing as well as mentally able to handle at this time.

What I can do is start small, as the year winds down. It isn’t about stringing together 12 postures, or a half hour practice. Eventually, I may get there, but for right now, I will build what I feel is reasonable. I cannot put down what that is. I will figure that out once I hit the mat.

That is the other thing that I plaguing me… Where I practice. Currently, I have no dedicated space, which probably shouldn’t matter, but it does. I want to have a home for my mat and my gear. I decided that I need to carve out a little space for myself in the house so I am on the ‘hunt’ for a little corner. While I won’t be able to leave my mat out (hello, dogs and cat) but I want to be able to just roll it out and go to work. Not lug it from space to space, looking for a home.

However, not having a space cannot stop me right now. I can roll the mat out in the kitchen, if needed. I can take 15 minutes, at any point during the day, roll out my mat, and work out a few minutes for myself. That is what I want to continue to work on for the next few days before the end of 2025.