What Happened To Ted

Hair Awareness

It’s strange how people talk about awareness.
I’ve taken up yoga, the idea that holding is working and holding is sweating and holding making things stronger and better. This, the aching body tells me, is true. Every position and stance is followed by the notification to be aware of your body, to know exactly what is going on and how to achieve the best workout, stretch, and most efficient use of energy.

This morning was not the most fun I’ve ever had. Try as I might, concentration and awareness was getting the better of me. Everything seemed to take more thinking that it should, and those that didn’t were in part due to the fact that I had forgotten something. And all the time I was aware that everything wasn’t ‘on’, that something was ‘missing’, and it stressed me out to the point of distraction.

The other distracting thing I noticed in becoming more aware of my body is the amount of hair i happen to grow on my knees, and more to the point the uneven distribution of it. It’s much like a thick shrubbery appearing on a grassy field. All the while the receding hairline creeps.

Perhaps this is why people watch morning cartoons instead of morning workouts. They’re much more content with themselves while they pay attention to something else.