Hello people.
Here I am again, clocking in with my progress. Just a short one today, but I feel, certainly for me, an important one.
This morning followed a bit of a broken night...the weather was really warm and 10.30 found me, bleary eyed,, searching for a large cool sheet.... !
Asleep just after 11, we did manage to sleep. Although fitfully.
Today.... well... a bit of a busy start with yet another early appointment for Mr OF …. so... a short YWA to start and a shortened version of the Tibetan rites.... squats done and then...on we go. Job done.
But today, the rest of the day, was a day for me, that is as important as any of the exercise or active days... today was going to be a rest day.
Because the one thing that we all need to do, every bit as much as those all important strength and stamina exercises. is...
...Rest
A simple enough word, and yet...some of us do find it hard to use and to act on .
I feel a real need to rest right now...my reserves are still low and I am trying to build them up. The physical and the mental ones. I know that if I am overtired, I find things, and because I have been practising my breathing exercises, I am really glad that they are helping me sleep.
Now why we need rest, is simple too...we all talk about how important it is, but so many of us do, actually ignore it,
If we don't rest...our body does not perform well or our mind either.
We have to learn to listen to our body, recognise the signs of over-tiredness and pay attention when it says... ease up, slow down, stop... rest.
Now, how you rest is your choice... and mine today...was to prep' a lazy, but healthy, lunch for Mr OF, my daughter and small runner in training. They came and we ate and talked and talked and ate.
After lunch;
Daughter tucked into a chair with a pile of old mags, Mr OF retired for his compulsory afternoon rest and small one and I? We played... all afternoon! I was relaxed, happy and as un- anxious as I could be.
They left for home late afternoon and I felt content, at ease and completely rested.
Your choice of rest, will be different. Reading, napping, just sitting and staring into space...or.... chilling, with back to back box sets.
The important thing is that you are not exercising. Your body and your mind needs time to recover, refresh and recharge.
Simple !
I am hoping, ( all prepared with a sheet for heat), to sleep easy tonight.... and the thought for me today, is that resting is not a sign of weakness, it is fueling the strength and the stamina, that will carry me forward in the days that follow.
I hope everyone sleeps or rests easy...x
See you tomorrow x
Oldfloss x
