Day 4: Back

Often, my body whispers warnings to me and often, I fail to heed them. For the last few weeks, my back has been terribly stiff, but did I go and swim 40 lengths, do a deep yoga class (I did one, but it wasn't deep) or get a treatment? No. I thought about it all, and didn't do it. 

Seriously, ALL of it

I felt it extra twingey while working on Thursday, but still I didn't act. The last two days, I haven't been able to stand fully straight. It's locked and horribly painful. I meant to spend the day in bed and yet I didn't. 

In honour of worshipping what is, I accept that tomorrow, I really can't move like I planned (in my mind, I still haven't quite let go of going for a run at 3pm, but I can't actually stand up straight, for god's sake, what am I thinking? And I promise to listen and to do something nourishing for my back and tight muscles. 

Maybe I will finally swim. Maybe I'll do some yoga. Maybe I'll spend most of the day in bed (still have to walk the dogs). Whatever I do, I make an official apology to my body. If I listen to you when you whisper, you won't need to shout. I'm sorry.