Do Something, Day 15!

Happy Hump Day!!  :)  Camel?  

Day 15, for me, started with a morning yoga class, wake up nice, try a few harder things, but mostly just get moving.  Good stuff.

Smoothie time, kids to school, and time for work.

Then I went to work and was tossed into the window, the hardest place to be on a Monday morning.  I was a little bitter, I'll admit, but I took a few deep breaths.  This is my pose.  And I did it.  Calmly and fairly efficiently, if I do say so myself.

Lunch was tasty vegan chili with an amazing pink navel orange.  Yummy!

After lunch I had an hour of work before I got to go home to kids who like to race me to the house.  We decided to go back to the Y for another hour class.  Kids wanted to play basketball and just hang out on a video game handheld for a while.  I ran there, chose the easier class because, well, I was already feeling the morning's practice hitting me.  The harder class did not sound like a great idea.

And the teacher was the same one from Friday, where I'd made that wonderful intention for Preston, the sick little boy.  He was in surgery while we flowed from one pose to the next, and this morning I found out he's doing REALLY well.  He was up and moving, wanting to eat, to feed himself.  Nothing short of a miracle.  So today, I decided to say thank you.  Just happy that he is doing well, that things have gone so smoothly in such a terrible situation.  And it was another beautiful practice.

A practice of thanks is a wonderful thing.  :)  Give it a try!

30 Day Yoga Challenge! Day 15!!

Happy Half Way Point!!! :) Look how far you've come!! Be proud!!


Going to do 2 practices today again, for a total of 33 minutes. Stay in savasana as LONG as you like. After this practice, you deserve it. :) Just be sure to set a timer for yourself if you have somewhere to be afterward. I tend to fall asleep after the hard ones. :)


The first video is about 10 minutes and shows a simple morning practice. Core toning stuff, which will help with practice #2.


The second is our challenging one of the day! 23 minutes long, so today's isn't TOO long, but that's because it's harder. Second one is arm balances. Teaching us how to begin them and what we can do to make ourselves strong to achieve them one day, if today's try does not work. :)







I love the look of accomplishment on the model's face in this last one!  She's really good and she is struggling with these too!  That makes me feel better.  And I love Kathryn's approach.  Maybe it's a little kick, maybe a hover, maybe nothing, but the point is ...  you tried today.  That is the thing.  If you never try, you'll never get there.  Give your body the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe not today, but if you keep it up and keep trying, some day you will get there.  :)

You can do it!!  Happy yoga, and may your day be blessed!  :)