My September '07 sadhana has been begun and progressed smoothly through this first week. Despite my lack of blog posts, everything has gone well. In the beginning, I had planned on writing my purpose and objectives as introductory (even requisite) posts; but practicing became more of a priority than sharing, i was also busy looking for houses and putting together an offer (which i put in this morning). I was also waiting to post my initial text description of the iSadhana in general which ended-up changing shape over time (it's tied-in with the future myILP.com now).
Now that I've completed my first week, I can more clearly state a few of the principles I set for myself and how it's been working-out.
One of my primary principles is sustainability--I want this regiment I'm planning for myself to be realistic. This isn't a binge and purge kind of trip. I may only be using certain techniques for a specific duration (tracking, rules, etc), but I'm practicing to explore the principles I'll evolve the rest of my life. Knowing this, I decided to employ some Kaizen strategies. Kaizen can be summarized by Lao Tzu's famous quote "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." For a great introduction to Kaizen, I recommend the powerful book: "One Small Step Can Change Your Life" by Robert Maurer, Phd.
For my practices, I decided to begin with the smallest step possible in the direction of my visions. This way I'm not setting myself up for failure right from the start. So far it's worked wonderfully. My following post will describe the specifics of my objectives for this sadhana. I've been tracking my objective progress using a google spreadsheet embedded into this web-page. This way, anyone with nothing better to do can follow my progress (more specifically, it's so my practice partner(s) can see the details to give me the best possible feedback).

September '07 Sadhana -- Week 1

Note: none of this is required, some things are more important to me than others, but there's no make or break. I've set rough guidelines for how many times i'd like to do each per week, but I'm letting my-'self' in moment decide. In the following weeks I plan on writing specific posts for some of the lesser-known practices mentioned.

Morning Practice:
-Arise at 7am with as little hesitation as possible
-Sit and take at least 10 breaths
-Sun salutation: at least one round
-Workouts: Pushups (1 of 3 styles), Abs, Kettlebell
-Stretching: goal-based (hamstrings,glutes,calves,side-split)
-Eye exercises: (eye-washing, palming, etc)

Diet:
-Breakfast: smoothie, full-stength, kefir, or more
-no skipping meals or waiting 'til famished
-try to prepare at home/work a few times/wk
-supplements: supergreens, fish-oil, anitoxidants, enzymes/probiotics, etc

Body:
-Capoeira: i'm always happy if i train 3-4 times/wk, but i got knee surgery a couple weeks ago so i'm working on taking it slow.
-jingui golden-shield qi gong: 3-4/wk

Accountability:
-meet my practice partner(s) who understand what i'm going for so they can listen and give good objective feedback.

Evening Practice:
-update tracking charts and make basic notes
-light a candle and blow it out (think it's easy, try it for yourself for 30days)
-read ~4 nights/wk
-outline the next mornings practice and an idea of that day's outcomes (this one i thought-of during the week and it has worked really well)

That's about the thick of it. Things have gone fairly smoothly as you can see from my chart; i've been especially shocked how easy it is to pop-up right at 7am. The shorter the time between the alarm and sitting-up, the easier it is. Now that i've made it through one week i may turn up the heat a bit and see what that does.