morning pages

okay, I'm converted! since I started writing three pages every morning when I wake up, I've been remembering dreams like crazy. And as I write them down, I almost always get one of those ah-ha experiences where it feels like one part of me sent a message to another part, and it was received. Very cool.

Perhaps coincidentally, perhaps not, I'm noticing that since I started journaling every day, my attention has been gravitating toward physical matters. I've been eating more fruits and vegetables and taking walks every day since I started, without even trying. That's a bonus I did not anticipate ... seems that when my mind is freed up from obsessive thinking, it wants to use the extra time and attention to care for my body.

I started Pilates this week, and I love it! I highly recommend my instructor, Desiree, at the Pilates Center in Boulder. I was pretty nervous about it, and she was amazingly reassuring and supportive as she competently led me through the exercises. I left that first session feeling stronger already, and aware of muscles I didn't know I had (in a good way). Read more about her here: http://www.thepilatescenter.com/about/instructors.cfm?insid=6