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PRE + Spfd + Fairmount/Campus + PRE's rock

November 26, 2013 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: mid-40s, stale air

Comments:
Pretty good run, but rough legs at the end. The air quality, after a week of cold, stagnant air, is shitty again - advisories and burn bans. Yet it wasn't too bad on the run.

Kept it easy for 15min, then opened things up pretty good. Stride felt good w/forward trunk, "pelvis left" and strong elbows. Felt pretty good!

QWADZ were feeling it in the last couple miles. I think the shoes are dead. But still feeling the miles from the weekend, and some yoga soreness from Monday.

Met up with Chelsea again tonight; she had dinner with a friend, so I met her at Meiji (little place by Ninkasi) for a beverage, then moved on to Soriah. Got a little table in the front by the window and had another good, long chat.

Admittedly, I've been "gaming" her. It sounds "bad", but it isn't, and the things we've talked about - and discovered together - have been phenomenal. But these "skillz" derived from "The Game" have been most excellent in connecting. So tonight, I asked her the "Favorite Thing" question, where you uncover your deepest values - or at least need areas in your life. These are based on what you feel doing those favorite things in your life.

Her activities:
1.) yoga practice with others
2.) outdoor solitude

From that:
1.) present-centered, letting go/relinquishing control, physical exertion/improvement
2.) present-centered, PEACE, exploration

Those are really strong values - or need areas - for her.

We had some other random questions: talked diet and nutrition (her favorite foods: spicy stuff, peanut butter, and bearclaw croissants!) a bit, travel (she wants to go to Thailand and Bali, but self-directed), and other things.

I reminded her of our awesome first conversation and how she'd asked me, "What are your greatest fears?". That q really caught me off guard, but now I have a better answer. I told her about the Solo Fast, and those feelings:

- bored, lonely, cold, claustrophobic, weak

Hers:

- Being hurt (abandoned, let down), not being able to care for her kids, heights, "birds"

I asked her where the "being hurt" comes from, but she wasn't able to articulate, interestingly. She denies any parental strife that could've caused it, but I think there's more there than she realizes.

Even before we left she asked me (humorously) about me kissing her (e.g., "So are you gonna kiss me on the cheek, but closer to the lips?"). We joked some, but then I asked her, "What's my mission with you?". And she remembered: to care for her heart. I told her how incredibly powerful MY feelings and passions are, and how that physical expression is going to be CRAZY-powerful. I told her that she's let her wall down with me, but I still have to be very careful.

She drove me back to my car at Ninkasi and we had a nice embrace and (double) cheek kiss. OH GEEZ. Gosh, I love this woman so much! WOW...

Afterward, when I texted her good night, I told her "part 2" of my mission: to fill her heart. That much is certain, and our interactions these past few days have given me a good idea of how best to do that. B-)