Welcome to this, your final official day of the 30 day challenge!! Just this one little practice and you will have a whole month under your belt!! That is a full 4 weeks of daily practice to build the practice you want for yourself, for the future.
For most people, a good habit takes 21 days to form, and you have just done 29! If that's not a way to get it in your mind that getting up and moving (in whatever way you like!) is a good thing, I don't know what is!
I know for me, I feel amazing. My mind is clearer, my clothes fit better, and I am more in control of my random emotions as they come and go. They are still there, of course, but I can more easily choose how to direct their energy, and can choose to be calm rather than upset, etc.
Anyway, so! Where does your 30 days make you want to go? Continue on? Take a break? Start from the beginning and do it all over again? The choice is yours.
I congratulate you for making it this far!!! It's no easy task. There's always something that can get in the way. But you made it. Good for you!!! That's amazing!! I, for one, am proud of you. *beams*
Okay, so here's your one last practice. One more for the road, as it were. ;) Happy Yoga!! Today, maybe focus on what you'd like to do from here on out, get into your mind and find your resolve or intention there. You know what you would like to do from here. Set out to accomplish it!
Today's is Yoga For Alignment, mostly because chiropractors and what they do are in the foreground of my mind this morning. :) Good stuff.
Namaste! :) Catch you on the flip side!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 29!!!
So so so close! Keep going! It won't be much longer and you'll be there!!!
Fast post before work, so I don't forget or have to post from my phone again! That didn't work out very well, LOL.
This is another video, Hatha style, with the girl who looks like a normal person. :) Here you are!!
Happy Yoga!! One more day!!!
Fast post before work, so I don't forget or have to post from my phone again! That didn't work out very well, LOL.
This is another video, Hatha style, with the girl who looks like a normal person. :) Here you are!!
Happy Yoga!! One more day!!!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 28!!
Happy Day 28!! :) Tension release is the focus of the day. It goes hand in hand with the hip opener practice from yesterday. Tension builds up and learning to release it is key. It's a very good thing. :)
Have a lovely day! :) (2 more days to go!!)
Have a lovely day! :) (2 more days to go!!)
Friday, April 27, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 27!!
So... Close... Almost... There...
Okay! We had a nice slow light practice yesterday, and that felt fantastic. I fell asleep on my mat again. I do that, lol. Especially with night practice after a long day. I like to have a blanket handy for savasana for that reason, actually. I wake up really cold after, if I do fall asleep. Blanket in savasana, and then when I sit up, I tend to move it around my shoulders for the final mediation in lotus. Makes me look a little funny, probably, but no more funny than attack cat during meditation:
Okay! Anyway, funny looks aside, blankets are awesome. They could be used as a bolster too, if you needed one. Not a bad thing to have handy. :)
Video for today! Yesterday we did shoulder tension and openers. Today we'll go for hips. Those are MY two problem areas, so that's what I like to focus on sometimes, joint-wise. Backs of the legs being long is another area to focus on, so forward folding is another focus of mine. Anyway, if you have problem areas, look for yoga practices or sequences that can help work with them nicely! :) There are loads of them out there.
Amazing the difference one little class can make, eh? Have a lovely day!
Okay! We had a nice slow light practice yesterday, and that felt fantastic. I fell asleep on my mat again. I do that, lol. Especially with night practice after a long day. I like to have a blanket handy for savasana for that reason, actually. I wake up really cold after, if I do fall asleep. Blanket in savasana, and then when I sit up, I tend to move it around my shoulders for the final mediation in lotus. Makes me look a little funny, probably, but no more funny than attack cat during meditation:
Video for today! Yesterday we did shoulder tension and openers. Today we'll go for hips. Those are MY two problem areas, so that's what I like to focus on sometimes, joint-wise. Backs of the legs being long is another area to focus on, so forward folding is another focus of mine. Anyway, if you have problem areas, look for yoga practices or sequences that can help work with them nicely! :) There are loads of them out there.
Amazing the difference one little class can make, eh? Have a lovely day!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 26!!
Welcome to Day 26!!! I'm super excited this morning, but that may just be my OVERDOSE OF COFFEE!!! EEEEEE!!
Okay, sorry. *composure* Four more days to go!! You can do it!! And how awesome will you be?? THIS AWESOME!!
I'm going to shut my caffeinated head and give you your video now. And go do a little dance. And maybe play a little World of Warcraft. Because I'm a dork like that. :P
Have a wonderful day!!!
Okay, sorry. *composure* Four more days to go!! You can do it!! And how awesome will you be?? THIS AWESOME!!
I'm going to shut my caffeinated head and give you your video now. And go do a little dance. And maybe play a little World of Warcraft. Because I'm a dork like that. :P
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 25!!
Welcome to day 25! Just 5 days to go!
Today's video is an intermediate level, so it may be a little harder than some others we've done, but give it a try! Remember to modify as needed, if you are not feeling it today.
Namaste! <3
Today's video is an intermediate level, so it may be a little harder than some others we've done, but give it a try! Remember to modify as needed, if you are not feeling it today.
Namaste! <3
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
30 Day Yoga Challenge!! Day 24!!
Good morning! Welcome to day 24! We're in the home stretch, only 6 days left of the challenge!! How awesome are you for making it this far!? THIS AWESOME!! :)
As promised, we switch to a new teacher and a little more active practice today. The last few days have been lovely and almost restorative, which has been really nice. Nice slow break, while maintaining our flow. That's the thing, even if you can't do a big practice like today's every day, doing the slow stretches, holding them longer, etc, really helps us keep up without feeling over-exerted.
But, enough of that, and back to the fun hard stuff for a day or two! :) So here we go! This is considered intermediate, so if things are too hard, remember to take the easier pose variations. Knees on the floor for the push up bit and cobra instead of up dog, etc. Follow what your body tells you, take breaks if you need to, and do your best! :)
Happy Yoga!
As promised, we switch to a new teacher and a little more active practice today. The last few days have been lovely and almost restorative, which has been really nice. Nice slow break, while maintaining our flow. That's the thing, even if you can't do a big practice like today's every day, doing the slow stretches, holding them longer, etc, really helps us keep up without feeling over-exerted.
But, enough of that, and back to the fun hard stuff for a day or two! :) So here we go! This is considered intermediate, so if things are too hard, remember to take the easier pose variations. Knees on the floor for the push up bit and cobra instead of up dog, etc. Follow what your body tells you, take breaks if you need to, and do your best! :)
Happy Yoga!
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