Practice yoga 30 times in 30 days

maybe it’s all about surrender… I’m 6/6 now. I’ve decided that I’m not going to commit to this goal (sounds flakey, I know) in the hopes that my non-commital keeps me practicing regularly. We’ll see. :)

I think I bit off more than I can chew on this one… I can’t even remember what day I’m on. I FINALLY got a practice in last night, which felt SOOOOOO good, but I’ve been so busy I have to remind myself to eat and go to bed… I think that I am going to have to come back to this goal once things settle down a little more. I am going to keep practicing when I have some free time, but I am afraid I cannot commit to 30 in 30 :(. I will not look at this as a failure though- just something to come back to.

I think I’m 5/7 and 5/30, but I’m not really sure. I couldn’t get up yesterday morning and was too busy the rest of the day to catch up, so I didn’t practice, and then today, I couldn’t get up again either (because I stayed up too late last night), so… I’m going to have to start making myself go to bed earlier so that I can get up, or I’m never going to complete this goal! I’m considering starting over, but I’m not far enough behind yet…. we’ll see. I WILL DO THIS!!

I actually was able to haul myself outta bed this morning after lying there for about 5 minutes thinking about how I’m going to feel for making this commitment and then not doing it, and then thinking about how at the end of the 30 days I was going to feel if I did vs. didn’t do it… I did this odd set of poses on yogatoday.com that was supposed to open my 6th chakra… lots of fire breathing. Anyways, I was totally awake but relaxed at the end, and ready to face my incredibly busy day. I wanted to do more tonight, but I felt the need to sweat, so I did some cardio instead. I hope I can sleep tonight! Last time I did cardio at night I had an endorphin rush until midnight and then couldn’t get up at 5:15 to do my yoga. Bleh.
On the plus side, I’m considering dropping down to part-time at work- one week on and one week off. The week off will give me lots of time to do yoga, among other times. I’m not sure if I’m ready to drop down yet, but it seems to be falling into place for me. (I wonder if this is an unexpected side effect?)
I plan on getting up early to practice again. We’ll see how that goes :)

I’m 3/5 and 3/30… I had so much homework and a test that I thought was due tomorrow was due tonight- so I didn’t get my yoga in today. I really wanted to do it to.
I did my cardio routine last night though, and I swear I was kicking higher than I have in a long time, so the flexibility is already starting to work in my favor.
Hopefully I’ll have some time tomorrow. I’m going to go to bed soon so that I can get up early and hopefully get some in before I have to get ready for work. This goal is already testing me, but I’ll do it!!

Okay, so yesterday… I literally spent the day on the couch- but I feel it was needed… I had zero energy, a big fat headache, and I didn’t feel like doing anything at all. So I didn’t. Today, I did an hour of forward bends and hip opening poses again to give me some extra energy. So I’m down a day, but I’ll make up for it later. I have learned that I’m truly practicing yoga when I’m listening to my body- and honestly, the days when I can just veg are extremely few and far between.

I am familiar with the concept that you shouldn’t practice while menstruating, although I have also heard otherwise… that you should only avoid inverted poses… So my question is, what poses do you do during your cycle? I normally don’t practice at all during, but I would like to do something. Is there a DVD out there, or a good book?

I did an hour of vinyasana to combat fatigue and stretch out my hammies… I feel great again today, but I wonder how it’s going to feel tomorrow! I’m hoping that if I stick with this, the feeling great, stretched out, relaxed days will become more of a constant and the tired, tight, crampy days will become less and less.

holy hamstrings batman- I woke up so tight this morning… Did the AM Yoga vid with Rodney Yee (terribly, I might add). I wanted to do a full hour and really stretch out today, especially because I woke up feeling so tight, but I slept through the alarm this morning and only had a half hour. But I’m 2/30, so I can’t complain!
(hmmmm… maybe nude yoga would get me up in the morning….)

1 down, 29 to go!! I did an hour of hip opening poses and standing poses, and I feel so stretched and relaxed right now, I can’t wait to do some more tomorrow! We’ll see how motivated I am in the morning though :P I’m hoping this goal will challenge me to be a little more proactive with my exercise routine- I’ve been slacking. But I feel good RIGHT NOW :)