Entering New Spaces

It's Tuesday, and I haven't done this practice once!

When I look back at yesterday, I see

EDITH BUNKER

lurching from place to place, room to room, 

trying to be where she's needed next...

being pulled and jerked from place to place rather than

taking herself, her whole self, confidently and

intentionally from one location to another...

mindful movement!

(Hmmm...I need to think of a cue.)

Okay, it's Wednesday, and I realize I need this practice
more than I ever thought I would...and right now.
Rather than maintaining MY pace,
I am beginning to lurch and lunge at work to join in
with the frenetic pace that appears at certain times of the day.
I am learning to be the thermostat
and not the thermometer,
all over again.

I will start right now
breathing in the word "door"
and breathing out the word "way".
It will require the utmost mindfulness
and yet, it will be a wonderful path back to my

Realized mid-week that I needed a reminder, so 
I started wearing a large ring.
I learned that even that didn't work as I stayed caught up
in the events of the week, a challenging week.
I wish I had done this practice to see what impact it might have
had on my responses to the work drama.
But it felt like I would have been trying to 
"rub my stomach and pat my head" at the same time.
I was definitely in my head this week.