Yoga report

[pinkaardvark]

So I said I would report back to how things went on my first yoga session.

I turned up at the local school hall and discovered that was the only person in the class so I had an hour of one on one yoga action which saw me practicing sun salutation lots and various other bits and bobs, with some warm up meditation and even a few om's thrown in for good measure. Lots of focus on the breathing which I liked and at the end the yogi commented on how supple I was and asked if I did lots of exercise?.. lol, way to get repeat custom by blowing smoke up my ass

I thoroughly enjoyed the session and found the poses really targeted a lot of relevant muscles, so much so that I managed my first sub 30min 5k once I got home.

So here's to yoga, I shall be definitely returning to it again.

Oh and as to outfit, I just wore my running leggings, which are somewhere between a tight and a track pant. That felt pretty comfortable with just an underarmour heatgear top. I did consider shorts on top but decided it looked daft.

[Millsie-J]

So glad you enjoyed it, and a real treat to be the only student!

[Sadie-runs Graduate10]

Brilliant that you got some one-on-one teaching! I did classes every day one-on-one when I was in India, and I really improved. Glad it went well. Yoga really compliments running well. Om!

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Sadie-runs]

wow every day, sounds like you were very lucky. I will have to look in to seeing how I can fit more in but I suspect it will be at home watching it on youtube lol.

[Sadie-runs Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

I was lucky - also it was cheap, by British standards, no way I could afford one on one in the UK. For years after I crammed myself into a variety of busy London classes, with up to 20-25 people in a class. After a few years of classes I felt able to go it alone and now use an app called Yoga Studio, which is fab. Has a huge range of classes for all abilities (ranges from beginner to advanced), with classes for specific needs (including runners) and length of class. No, I don’t work for them, promise! But I do recommend it, once you have attended classes for a while. Good thing about home practice is that it’s so easy to fit in 15 mins or 30 mins here and there. 🧘🏼‍♀️😀

[Fionn42]

Yay, we’ll done, sounds like a success! Did you see the yoga teacher on 100 years younger last night? He was amazing. I love my regular weekly yoga class (after its over - I hate it at the time as it’s really tough) and we have such a laugh as a group. It’s all good body conditioning for running 😊 🧘🏻‍♀️

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Fionn42]

No I haven't watched that yet. Getting all the ceiling skimmed in the house(we just moved in last month) so not had much tv time. Will put it on the catch up list, though I do recall the adverts suggesting it had some stuff about wearing your own urine as cologne or something so not sure I want to watch it lol.

[Fionn42 in reply to pinkaardvark]

Yeah, maybe just watch the yoga bits! I think the wee episode was a week or two ago!

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I have done a little yoga at home...not for a while but i do find that a nice downward dog before & after a run is a nice leg stretch!!!

[HeleneCorsa Graduate10]

Jolly good! Great that you got one to one tuition too, especially for a first lesson. How often are the classes?

I look forward to your rebirth as an Insta-yogi, and offer the following for inspiration:

youtube.com/watch?v=M9bmvQF...(Not working as expected?)

SORRY! Have to stop the snark about yoga, which in reality I think is great

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to HeleneCorsa]

Just once a week at the moment Helene, I run 3 days and gym 4 days so have to shoehorn it in to the schedule. Though I do hope to do a quick 15 mins pre and post runs if possible and maybe before breakfast if I can get up early enough(leave at 6:30). Maybe I can take my tikki pants to work and try some balancing on one of the concrete cows in Milton Keynes (where my current client is).

[HeleneCorsa Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

Crikey yes, that is quite a lot, though I suppose that once you get to grips with some of the poses then those 15 minutes should be easy enough to fit in.

I would definitely applaud cow-balancing in Milton Keynes!

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to HeleneCorsa]

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[thisfishcan]

Savasana is my favourite.

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to thisfishcan]

Yep I like a good lie down too

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

sounds like you are star pupil

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to ju-ju-]

Well I was best in class