Early morning

I love early mornings. The problem is that I'm somewhat of a "night owl" or simply restless and have troubles going to bed early enough. Though maybe it's just a habit that can be changed. Last night I went to bed around 22:45 h and this morning got up at 5:30. So I should have more than 6 hours of sleep. I don't think it's enough, but I can't imagine going to bed before 22:30h. I wanted to do a different practice than yesterday, but was pressed for time and couldn't decide quickly so just went with Erich Schiffmann's Beginner Yoga again. It was good. Calm and peaceful. I noticed that I actually feel stiff mostly when doing forward bends. Maybe if I did some more sun saluts in the beginning it would've felt better? I will try it tomorrow and see how it goes. My breath was deeper and longer than normal, maybe because it was so early and I was really paying attention, but several times I was slower than Erich's count because of that.

I also sat yesterday for 5 minutes before bed (used this online mindfulness bell). Just sat there with my eyes open and tried to concentrate on the outbreath, label my thoughts and let them go. It was not easy and my "monkey mind" jumped from one thought to the other. :-)