Here comes the marathon. Ish.

After a time of relative calm, I am moving into a time with much activity, most of it anticipated, most of it good. (By “good” I mean things that promise to bring more joy than pain, though in my experience everything has the potential to hold a bit of both).

For days, my body and mind have anticipated this shift almost like they (we?) used to prep for marathons: storing up energy that can be deployed and spent all in one go; holding off on engaging in other activities for fear of early depletion. And just like when I actively marathoned, it feels like something someone else is doing, prep work I can observe and approve of, but that is somehow outside of me.

Well. As of yesterday, this particular “marathon” has started and I wonder how far the parallel will go. Long-distance running is mostly a mind-over-matter activity, which prevents you from feeling too much pain but also from truly being in it.

I hope I can somehow gather all my troops into one movement: breath.

Next up: if you’re fast, an online class in 20 minutes, Saturday April 30, 13:00 UTC (9am EDT). Then I’m taking a week off, so… maybe see you May 11!