Hallway Yoga

So in these, the first days of my college career, I've been far more of an early bird than most people would expect. My first and second mornings I awoke at 4am, and today, my second day of class, I was fully conscious around 5:30.

Some people might attribute this to my roommate's snoring. This is not the case, for if it were, I would be woken far earlier in the night or as was the case last night, I would not be able to get to sleep in the first place.

No, my problem is a matter of assimilation and acclimatization. I'm not yet used to being in this strange room I share with this strange boy. So rather than fight myself to ween a measly extra hour or two of sleep out of my morning, I get up.

I find the morning peaceful. And, looking at the ResTek bandwidth log, I find that my internet connection is a little bit faster with next to nobody logged in.

I shower, I brush my teeth, I get ready for my day.

Part of getting ready for my day that I would like to continue is a morning yoga routine. It would be easier in a class or with a video to follow, but I've done enough yoga that I can do some rather basic and informal stretching routines and sun salutations from memory. However, since I'm sharing the space of my room with someone else and I personally find the idea of waking up to seeing downward facing dog an unpleasant concept at best, I've made it a point to remove myself from my room.

Instead, I practice my ujjayi breathing in the hallway. I don't have quite as much area for my arms to extend in when, say, I stretch them out wide and up before starting a swan dive downward, but in the quiet of the hallway it's a lot easier to focus. Strangely, the idea of the other males on my floor witnessing my routine is a lot less worrying than disturbing my roommate's sleep with it is.