I had a "yin" yoga practice today. This is a practice in which poses are held for 5-15 minutes. Most of the poses we did were held for 5 minutes per side. I have, in my personal practice noticed that I have a lot of tension in my hips. The first few times I had done some hip openers I mentioned to my yogi sister that those poses make me feel nausous. She suggested that would be due to me storing emotions in my hips. I've done some research on this and this seems to be a common place for people to store unreleased emotions.

We did a couple different intense hip openers today and after class was over I felt my mood sinking. I am wondering if the reason I feel sad/down is because of opening up my hips where some emotional "baggage" is stored. I also felt sort of anxious. I wonder what all is stored there. Loneliness? Tis the season for that I guess. I'm chalking today up as a mellow - valley sort of day. It's gloomy and ridiculously cold outside and all I wanna do is hang out on the couch knitting and watching tv. I feel guilty though cuz my house desperately needs to be cleaned. I'd like to take a day off of work to spend time around my house. Maybe hang some more pictures and do some deep cleaning. I'll have to see if I can work that into the schedule here in the next couple weeks. I know getting the house clean will feel really good but I also haven't had much time to just be mellow. I feel like I'm always on the move, so I sorta crash and end up attached to my tv and my couch. Oh well.