Do Yoga at least 3x a Week

Shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair, December 08) means no Downward Dogs for awhile. But I’m PT’ing and I WILL return!

I went to a Power Ahstanga class on Saturday. My third ever. I was introduced to Ashtanga many, many years ago when I was dancing several hours a week and practicing yoga regularly. My body was strong. I loved it.

My second Ashtanga class was about six or seven years back. I was exercising less and my body was not as strong as before. I hated it.

I’ve got back into exercising regularly once more and decided to go along to this class this past Saturday. I am nowhere near as fit as when I first did Ashtanga. I endured it. I don’t know that is Ashtanga is “my” style, but I will give this class a fair try. It may just be part of what’s needed right now.

Oh for that insta fit and flexible pill!

It has been so long since I was last on 43T, I actually forgot I had articulated this as a goal and as part of a team at that! The great news is I am going to class 2x per week and practicing on my own ALMOST daily (somehow the weekends are tough). The solo practice is brief, but it keeps my back from seizing up and oxygenates the blood a bit.

I got back on my gym regimen quite tenaciously most of March and the beg. of April I added daily yoga… all was well til I got really sick with strep around the 10th and am only just now feeling any energy (allergies exacerbated what should have been a way shorter recup time so I’ve been feeling exhausted and still really coughy and congested the last week – slowly going away). Still not enough energy to get back into my weights/cardio at the gym but today I’m going to start easy yoga again every day… Schoolwork was crazy there for a while, too, so I wasn’t getting much rest but as of last Thursday I’ve had 8+ hours of sleep every night. Hopefully that will help, too….

happy spring everyone!
namaste
S

I am about to start a 2-week break from dancing (Easter hols), I should use the time the time I would have spent in class doing…yoga and not working on the dreaded Project X.

Well I’m up late doing schoolwork again, which is bad because, um, procrastination… but I’m going to do yoga, which is good because dig those forward bends for waking you up plus my arms and shoulders really want some downward dog due to my getting back to upper body stuff at the gym this weekend so color all those muscles super stiff!

Still, would be good to get to bed in the next hour or so since I have to be up so early so better get at my bends and then back to my lesson plans…

have a great week everyone!
namaste
S

...which I guess is still good but I want to increase the yoga factor again of course… I am being quite quite strict about stretching after gymming, which is kinda yoga-y even tho I haven’t done bonafide poses for about 5 days… it’s all about balance, as we’ve said so often!

namaste
S

My plan of yoga every day even if it’s just a few minutes is working pretty well so far – and as we’ve remarked here and there before, sometimes when I think I have just a few minutes, once I start moving and stretching and posing it feels so good that I go ahead and do longer. Still I know when school starts back up I will have days where I’ll feel like I have no time at all so I’m going to keep telling myself a few minutes is still worthwhile so that on days where I really do only do 5 minutes or so I don’t feel guilty and then start slacking off again out of guilt. My crazy head – life would be easier without it sometimes! Another plus about yoga and meditation is recentering my head and spirit on a regular basis :) so less crazies! :)

namaste
S

well you guys I have no excuse for my silence really – last semester just really bowled me over for some reason; I’m still not sure why exactly but fall semester always seems more stressful and icky than spring even when I’m doing the same exact things… anyway could also have something to with my yearly holiday funk, which has got somewhat better the last couple years but still tends to color things a bit.

all this to say I’ve been with you in spirit and tho my yoga has been a bit haphazard, I’m feeling quite energized about it with the new year!

Happy 2007 and talk to you soon!
namaste
S

but I did do one nice long practice last week.