This afternoon I noticed that faintly creaky, tight feeling in my neck that usually forewarns a “bug” attacking my immune system. The common symptoms of this “bug” are a small fever, runny nose, sneezing and a great desire to sleep. For me this is also an indication that I’m not living simply. If my immune system is compromised to the point of succumbing to the common cold flu bug, I’m “out-of-whack.”

A bookkeeping project looming, nonetheless I took a nap after eating a protein based lunch and drinking a glass of apple juice. Before drifitng off I set the intention for excellent health. Several hours later I awoke feeling cheerful and energetic.

“Time for the project now,” I thought. Nope again. Instead, the urge to do yoga was strong and prevailed. It took several minutes for my mind to let go of the “I should be doing something else!” loop and relax into how the different muscles in my body felt in the different poses.

Ahhh, here is my relaxation. Both body and mind content being and doing exactly what they are doing. For me, this is being “in-line” (as opposed to being out-of-whack which is when the cold flu steps in to force me to slow down). Simplification for me is being in-line–priotities/state of mind/state of health, or more poetically, mind/body/spirit.