A Very Happy New Year, everyone. I’ll be posting a weekly header post for the Yoga with Adriene’s 30day BREATH series, as a place where we can share any thoughts we might have about the joys or the struggles on this journey. A sort of ‘our very own YWA BREATH Club’.
(Of course, do feel free to also post in the main channel, whatever feels good! 😉)
So how have you found the first 7 days?
As I’m writing this I have only watched the short 5 min intro, and I have to say I can’t wait So currently my joy is all about the anticipation of beginning a daily 20min moments of peaceful focus on myself, whilst being with my hubby who has promised to join these sessions. My struggles will still be with my knees, and how they make moving into downward dog or child’s pose difficult. But I have my new yoga bricks, pillows and blankets at the ready to help me!
So feel free to share your joys and struggles by reply!
For reference, original website at YWA below , and there seems to still be time to sign up:
Just did my intro too CBDB ! There’s something really fun about going “live” and I too can’t wait for tomorrow. 👏👏
I did one of her intermediate practices today too. It was quite challenging, but I enjoyed it. It shows just how much leg strength we get from running and how much our arms get left behind! 🥵 Note to self: work on fixing that this year! 😅
Yes. I have maybe only done 10 or so sessions with YWA but I can see my downward dog taking (very slowly) shape. But I must take it easy on my knees, as a couple of times I tried to hard and regretted that after for a few days.
But that’s what I like about YWA. It’s taking little steps that get you a long way!
And I have decided to be kind to myself; if there is a pose which I know I struggle with, I do adapt it to something I feel more comfortable with. And YWA gives you the confidence to do just that.
I was on two minds about joining this as I wasn't sure I'd commit to the daily practice but then this morning I saw the 30day calendar and realized each session is quite short so now I'm in 😊 🧘♂️I've just watched the 5 minutes intro and am now sat wishing it was starting today.
Yeah! I know the feeling! 😁🤣 Great to have you on board, and you can always see the 30 days as flexible, e.g. you can always chose to take up to a year for completing it. (A year, as the next one comes along then)
But it is actually so nice to think others are doing the same session on the same day.
Thanks CBDB, I'm really looking forward to it now. At least it'll give me a daily focus especially if the weather stays too bad to run. I remember doing one of her actual live yoga practices in the first lockdown and it was amazing to think of all those people taking part in class from all over the world.
The practice lengths vary. Sometimes when I'm short of time I may skip forward and do a shorter session, then go back to being in sequence - rather than skip a day altogether. That way I've always had a few minutes of calm for myself 😊 Although there is a link and balance to the sessions, they definitely aren't prerequisites for the next session.
I have just watched the Day 0 video and am looking forward to getting started tomorrow!
I had been thinking I would take it easy and just join in when I felt like it, but actually I think I will make an effort to do each day - I managed it with 'Home' last year after all 😊😊😊
See y'all on the mat!
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to roseabi
Yes, I had signed up for home in December thinking it was the 2021 thing, but both look so good. So I’ll have to do home later in the year!
I've also watched Day 0 and am very excited to start this journey with all of you. My last yoga session showed me how much flexibility I have lost so here's hoping this helps. In my defence, the last yoga I did was a prenatal yoga where although my preggers belly was getting in the way, my relaxed ligaments made me "bendier" than I had ever been 😂. 13 1/2 years later, let's try this again 🙂
Yes, definitely. Let’s try again! I’ve also somehow lost general flexibility and still remember how flexible I used to be before pregnancy. I thought I’d never get that back, but very slowly I’m crawling back from that! 💪👍🏽 Slowly but steadily!
Hi CBDB. Happy New Year my VRB. So glad to see you here as an Administrator! I’ve just signed up and will be doing my first practice later today after our traditional family New Year’s Day walk. Please add me to your list xx
Hi CBDB just signed up to this, I realise as I watched I gave away my mat sometime ago as I was not disciplined enough then to practice everyday. I am much more disciplined now and so will make do with what I have in the house for the time being looking forward to the next 30 days and improving breathing, posture and muscle strength and flexibility.
All ready CBDB, so good to be looking forward to something in January, especially this year. I think Adriene is right, like running, the hardest bit is turning up consistently, after that it just happens. See you on the mat 🤗
Day 0 watched and for tonight's practice I've done the physical and mental stamina for runners video (some nice hip and leg stretches) and the New Beginnings (a nice relaxing, opening practice). All ready for day 1 tomorrow - look forward to hearing how people get on.
Fab, yes I did the New Beginnings yesterday, as it was on the December Calendar and it lovely for the end of the year. (Not sure what happens with her normal calendar, does she run Jan and BREATH simultaneously? Not sure)
I'm in 😁👍🧘♀️ just made time to watch day 0 and excited to see what tomorrow brings 😁😬 I'm so inflexible it's untrue, so I figure that the only way is up! 👍
Hiya CBDB, been M.I.A. for a couple of weeks, running was put on hold but easing back in now, (due to a cold which was hard to shake off) I’ve managed nightly gentle sessions of Adriene, but Breath is finally here! Whoo hoo! Day 1 for me 12am Central Texas Time 7.00pm NZ time 😊 Can’t wait to see you all on the mat 🙏🏻 Namaste
Hi & happy new year! Looking forward to the first session today. 🙂 I'm hoping I can keep up as I'm going to have to do the sessions in the evening so am going to view it as essential self care not a chore on the tick list.Regarding knees, I have the same issues. When I did yoga classes in the village hall on the horrible hard floor, I used to fold up my fleecy blanket into a strip and put it strategically across my mat for certain exercises - the extra cushioning really helped.
Yes, I have amalgamated all sorts of things that might help me for various positions!
Was great today! Just finished and I made use of 2 yoga bricks (for hands), one blanket (for sitting cross legged), one couch seat cushion (for knees) and one larger sitting cushion (for support in extended child’s pose). I found what feels good! 🤣🤣🤣🤗
You are well and truly supported - both in the knee department and virtual community!! I haven't had an email with links to today's session yet. Didn't get the initial one and had to sign up again yesterday in a panic! I'll have to look on the website I guess.
Wow, just did the first session and my legs feel all wobbly now! In a good way! Sensitive knees? Yes, and I did have to use all sorts of yoga bricks, blankets, cushions to help me with all sorts of positions, I didn’t look elegant but with the help of bricks and blankets I managed every position!!! Yay!!! 🤗🤗🤗 Feeling proud of my knees!
Just done session 1, and have a feeling I will really feel it tomm!! I did a 6.5km run earlier and thought this would help stretch out my legs and hips which it certainly did. I have to say I have trouble sitting cross legged as my hips are quite tight, so the beginning was quite uncomfortable first of all. I also have a old ligament injuryin my left foot( from slipping in a pair of high heels that needed heeling!) So day 1 was a bit challenging, but I feel nicely tired now!! 😁🏃♀️😴😴
Happy New Year CBDB. I'm a bit late at seeing this and I'm normally a tai chi person rather than yoga - not bendy at all! But I'm in and I'll have a go. Nice to do something different whilst shielding.
Ohh tai chi. Nice! I only did that once with friends but liked it.
Great stuff, brill for joining us. I also struggle nowadays with all sorts of bendinesses (surely there must be a plural), but am enjoying it immensely. I am using quite a few pillows and yoga bricks to make it work. Whatever it takes, as long as it feels good!
Early on I was rather thinking it was a bit too long and slow (I really like short workouts, 20 minutes is good!), but seemingly all of a sudden we were getting into Corpse Pose and the practice had flown by! I wrapped up in my blanky (my bedroom's a bit chilly) and almost fell asleep 😄
Jolly good show, I particularly liked the lunge twists! Looking forward to tomorrow 😊😊😊
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to roseabi
Oh! That’s what I could have used my blanket for as well! Doh! 🤦🏽♀️ Next corpse pose, then! 👍🏽👏 yeah, 20min would also be an ideal, but this one really had flow!
Sitting cross legged for those first few minutes, today, really hurt my hips and knee 😞 even though I was using a folded up towel to sit on.
I might try sitting on the step I use for physio tomorrow.
This must be the first time in my entire life that the lotus position is totally beyond me. Pesky injury!
Miraculously I could table top on all fours 😊 but the lunges and crescent shape thing she had us do were also not a thing I could do properly and just had to bodge.
I’ve actually found I’m best on my aerobics step with my right (bad) leg behind my left. You’d think that would put more pressure on my knee, and so be more uncomfortable, but it isn’t 🤷♀️
I've also just done day 1. My first job was to put the fire on as it was chilly in my room and starting to snow outside❄️🌨️I really liked the pace once I'd settled in, but always struggle to find the right mat to TV position so I can see what's happening 🤣
Best bit lunges / plank /cobra. Most uncomfortable was the pose to work on wrist flexibility obviously I need to work on this 🧘♀️
Yes, the two of us tried various Mat to TV positions and ended up with a V shape pointing away from the tv, but at times I did wonder what the neck stretching would do to some of the positions.
Wrist flexibility, I probably cheated on that one a bit as on Yoga bricks I can wrap my fingers around the brick, and therefore only went 90 degrees. But that was an interesting one!
Day 1 done! 😊 Loved it! Like most people, I had to adjust certain moves to accommodate niggly bits but it flew in. Really looking forward to tomorrow now!
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Gannet1
A great start to the New Year I did this live at 7pm NZ time with thousands of others, which was fun but challenging after tea 🙂 so back to day time for Day 2 I think. I find it quite tough on my wrists at times (work related injury years ago) but Adriene has several videos just for wrists for anyone interested, (they work) one of my favourites is Adriene’s Yoga for Healthy Wrists, only 3 minutes long and set to music, a catchy little tune written by her friend. Its fun 🙏🏻
And we're off! Nice steady practice though the time seemed to fly by, felt very relaxed afterwards. Wonder what tomorrow has in store!
Loved day 1 😌🧘🏼♀️. There’s something a bit special about doing one of Adriene’s sessions on the day it comes out ☺️.
For those puzzling about where to put the screen in relation to your yoga mat - stick with it. The more you follow Adriene’s yoga her moves and positions become more familiar and you’ll soon find a rhythm and flow to it and you’ll be less reliant on the screen. I had to use my tiny iPhone screen today as my hubby was using my laptop. I put my wireless earphones in and hardly looked at the screen as she was so teeny on it!
That was quite enjoyable even if I did have to modify a fair amount of it. Both arms and legs are feeling it. I'm glad I was on my own though as I couldn't stop giggling at the thought of what I must look like doing my not-quite-the-real asanas. I reckon about the only things I did correctly were sitting down and breathing. It will be interesting to see where we go from here.
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to slipstick
🤣🤣 yeah, I’m sure I looked anything but elegant. And I am only doing it with my husband and we’ve been together long enough to respect each other’s awkward positions! 🤣🤣🤣
Well, I really enjoyed the first session and felt some release in my joints afterwards. I've never been great with sitting crossed legged so the beginning was a bit uncomfortable - I had to stretch my legs out in front of me for a bit. The breathing is going to really help when I go back to work next week too - already stressed about that!
But with all my blankety helpers, and doing rather half planks most of the duration and full planks (with help of bricks) for short periods of time, I managed and started to sweat by the end of it!
Im also getting the hang of how to fold my blankets. I chose two folded blankets for my knees today and this works actually better than just one couch foam cushion. (I am still adding to my yoga arsenal, as you can see) 👍🏽🧘🏽🙌🙌
I do like the way she is moving us forward into the various positions in a determined focused yet very calm way. As I’ve said before I am more flexible than I thought I was, but oh the upper body is certainly receiving clearly much needed attention, when I can get out running again, too much ice around still! I think I will notice a difference in the upper body and my arms - amazing 😻
Yes. I’ve also not run. My 17yr old son slipped today on our walk... while walking(!) and that gives me the confidence to say, I still need to hold on and not go on a run!
Morning CBDB! Please add me to the list for this. I'm in! Did my day 1 and was really.impressed at how the time flew. I'm hoping this will help with my flexibility and joint issues and my running will benefit. Plus having just read a post from dijep about icy paths I'm thinking the next few days may not be appropriate for running. Ah well we can only hope 🤞
Ha ha 😀I'm glad I've signed up for the same reason.
Off to do day 2 now x
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Allbarron
Brill! Just added you to the roll call! Yes, my son slipped today on our walk and he is a nimble 17 year old (today is his birthday) and we were just walking! So I felt reassured in my decision to not do my runs!
Brill see you on our super-big collective mat mat!
Day 2 in the bag! 😊 Followed it up with Adriene’s 7 minute morning meditation too. Never tried it before but certainly enjoyed it. Btw, am I the only one who’s surprised how full-on the sessions are so soon? 🤣 I must’ve only done the easier ones in the past! 😄 Still, really enjoying the challenge and love the fact that she’s building from day 1 - day 30, rather than it all just being individual sessions. Enjoy Day 2 to everyone! 🧘♀️
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Gannet1
Yeah. Our living room was full of groaning, moaning and chuckling this morning, and hubby and I have managed to persuade our 17 year old son (birthday today) to join us tomorrow morning. So more groaning, moaning and chuckling, but I am so looking forward to it!
Aw, happy birthday to your son and good on him for being so open to it! Lovely that you’re going to be doing this as a family challenge too. 😊
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Gannet1
Yeah, we’ll see. We do have to drag him once in a while out of his bedroom-den, and he’s kind of the sensible teenager that knows we are right to make him get physical exercise etc, even if he doesn’t like it. (He’s quite lanky now-days, and in some weird teenage ways also quite quite active) So we are prepared to receive moaning but deep down ..... 🤣🤣🤣
It was a great session today wasn’t it? She’s taking it slow, but not holding back on the strength work is she? I enjoyed the planks and I always love mindful mountain climbers. 👏👏
I had words with her whilst she was chattering away during the 2nd 3 legged dog.
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to roseabi
Ha ha I like it, at least for now. 🤣 It’s the casualness that I like, as it means if I have to stop mid pose to rub my nose, that’s ok! Her singing is a bit like that...
I forgot to say about yesterday's - did anyone think Adriene was talking a little bit tooooo sloooooowly at the beginning? I actually went into the settings to check I hadn't had the videos running at half speed 😄
Anyway, loved 'Arrive' today, I feel as though I'm getting back into the rhythm of daily yoga practice now.
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to roseabi
Huh 🤔! I didn’t notice, but yeah, she does do sometimes pause a lot and rather slowly express her thoughts, and I have a feeling that sometimes things are happening (often with the camera man) off screen.
It does look so pristine and minimalist but knowing what it takes to have that quality of video and audio, what she will see are cables, lighting rigs (at least two), 2 or more cameras, at least one tech guy, one or more laptops, maybe a big screen for her prompts, and more cables. I would love to see that, actually. 🤣🤣
I’ve joined this for the first time CBDB! I’m not sure I’ll be able to do it every day but I will try. I am missing my Pilates classes so I am pleased that many of the moves are the same.
I feel as though I’m missing a vital piece of equipment- Bengie the dog.
Ha ha, yeah, me too! But instead of a Benji I do have a cuddly husband, but he (and I) are a bit louder than Benji, as we moan and giggle our way through the poses! 🤣🤣
Hi! I'm joining in a bit late 😳 as I've only just spotted this thread. Did Day 1 yesterday, and hoping to manage Day 2 this evening.
I did the 2018, 2019 and 2020 YWA January programmes but am not good at keeping up with them every day.
Also, I'm a bit wary, as when I stopped doing yoga in mid-August 2020 various neck, shoulder, arm and wrist problems I'd been having gradually went away. So if it feels wrong, or too much, I'll be opting out of anything that doesn'twork for me.
However, with snow and ice on the ground here, I've not run for a couple of days, so need to do something to counteract the Christmas over-indulgence!
Hmmm, wrists, neck, shoulder, arm... not good. I do wonder if with Yoga, just like with running, we sometimes push ourselves too hard. I’ve begun to use a lot of props and that certainly helps my knees, but not sure about wrists.
Also something that @linda9389 mentioned recently, quite often we don’t give ourselves enough recovery time. So not doing yoga everyday might actually be a really good idea.
I was getting on reasonably well with day2 until we got to all those planks and mountain climbers. That girl spends far too much time on all fours and my hands and wrist won't stand it.
So I'm going to giving up trying to follow these on the same day and I'll revisit them when my arthritis flare up is over. They don't usually last more than 2 or 3 weeks but the timing of this one has worked out very wrong.
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to slipstick
Yes, better make sure the workouts do not aggravate any sensitivities. And yes, also for me planks are a killer, and I only manage a mixture of mostly half planks (knees down) and a bit of full planks (much shorter duration).
I will actually drop a post tomorrow about some video links about props, as that has certainly helped me with my sensitive knees. But some of the props might be good for wrists as well.
I use hand grips that I use for floor exercises like plank and downward dog. They allow you to do the pose without putting pressure through a flexed wrist joint. Another tip is to roll up the end of your yoga mat and rest your hands on that.
Just told hubby, and he said, “Yeah, I have some somewhere for doing press-ups”..... well, they just have moved over to my yoga corner! I’ll try them tomorrow!!! Thanks! Nice one!
You're welcome! They also make handy light weights if I have nothing else close by. Although I'm visualising a tug of war round your place if you want to do yoga when your other half wants to do press-ups 🤔😁
😆 no tug-of war so far. He’s doing yoga with me, and he’s probably quite happy now as he’s now also moved to using that corner of the livingroom for working out. Before I relegated him to our bedroom. 😀😀 And he is so lovely that he’d do anything to support my health journey!
Tried the handgrips today, and they give you a much more stable pose for things like planks. So great!! I’m still alternating with Yoga bricks, as they do have the advantage to allow your whole hand and fingers to take the weight. (I think I don’t have an issue with wrists, but rather with stability due to my weight) But they’ll stay part of my set of helpers! Thanks!!!
✔️✔️🧘🏽Day 3: Anchor. Still a lot of use of bricks and blankets all over the place and I had to give up on child’s pose. But managed to muddle (in an enjoyable manner) through the rest🤗!
Really nice to finally flow into warrior pose 1 and 2, it’s the first time I did these. And I really do like the flow, even if in my case I constantly have to shift blanket here now, then bricks there, blanket back to there, shift bricks .... so not quite as flowy, but full of delight nevertheless.
Day three and Ujjayi breathing 🧘♀️I've done this before in my (what was live now) zoom yoga class but it was interesting hearing it explained and practicing with Adriene.Used my laptop today which made it much easier to follow as I could move it around as needed.
Yeah, me too. I didn’t manage to get my son to join us after all (teenagery moany stay in bed) so just hubby and me. As his school stuff starts tomorrow, today was the only opportunity really. 🙁
But hubby and I enjoyed it (although getting up still peaceful from corpse pose, we then immediately got into a squabble about who interrupts our son more 🤣🤣🤣. Obviously we need more yoga 👍🏽😀)
🧘🏽🧘🏽Day 4 - Listen was really nice this morning, also easier AND shorter. Loved the arm-crossed-taking-off-your-shirt movements.
One movement I couldn’t do: I can’t round my back enough to ‘roll’ up from lying to sitting. I knew I could do that when younger, but now my back just never rounds that much. Anyone else having similar issues?
Not a Biggy, I just sit up. But am hoping flexibility will also help me learn how to round my back more.
I haven't done it yet, but hat's probably all from your core . As that gets stronger then rolling up to sitting gets easier. I couldn't do it when I first started pilates, but got there eventually! Never say never 😊
I woke up at 4 this morning so when I was still awake at 5 am I decided to just get up and do Day 4. It was a great way to start the day but I was surprised how sore my intercostal muscles were so when we were lying on our back and had to raise our hands up and behind our head, I had a sharp intake of breath as I felt those muscles engaged. I struggled with rolling up to sitting as well today until I warmed up a bit. I'm surprised I have managed to do each day so far and quite enjoyed starting my morning off with yoga followed by a short mediatation session.
My session was slightly interrupted by a exuberant greyhound who really wants a walk so a bit stop and start. I struggle with the rolling where you get your feet on the floor over your head... Sorry really bad description and I know we didn't have to do this but I find it annoying that I can't!The thing I found most difficult today was the hovering table position, I guess that is all down to arm strength.
Just done "Listen" - lovely. The singing made me smile too roseabi and CBDB - I have been doing Adriene's yoga for a while now and am used to her bursting into song at some point, but her comment tonight made me giggle when I remember back to being a newbie at her sessions and wondering "What's she doing?!". I just expect it now ☺️ 🧘🏼♀️This is the second time I've done Adriene's Breath at the end of the day rather than the beginning and found them relaxing. Night everyone, I'm chilled and ready for bed 😴💤.
I really liked Listen, my favourite of this series so far. I'm finding this new series really refreshing - a slightly different feel from following the older sessions feom the usual monthly calendar. A breath of fresh air to start the New Year (absolutely no pun intended).
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to linda9389
Yeah, mine too, but it was the shortest and the one with most lying on your back, I think! By the end I just wanted to keep lying there....🤣🤣🥱🥱😴😴
I really like Listen too! I liked that 'taking the jumper off' move a lot, and all the other stuff. Also I laughed out loud when she said she couldn't help singing!! I officially let her off the hook 😊😊😊
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to roseabi
🤣🤣 yeah, I thought of you when she started singing 😂😃
I thought of you too roseabi 🤣. It was like she was explaining just for you - if I didn't know they were pre recorded, I'd think she was checking in on us 😃
I've only just done day 2 (after a fashion) but am still pretty pleased with myself 🧘♀️😁 although I really can't believe how inflexible I am, and upper body strength virtually non existent- but I'm giving it a go. It's definitely not pretty but I'm making an effort! I think it's going to be a night time session for me and I feel nice and relaxed now... just realised how late it is 😬🧘♀️
Thanks for the encouragement CBDB! Much appreciated 😁👍 my hips are feeling the effort of sitting cross legged today, but onward and upward later on. Only woke up once last night and that's measurable progress already 🧘♀️😁👍
Day 4 was definitely my favourite session so far! Needed a change of pace after the first 3 days and nearly didn’t do it, as I was tired from work! So glad I did, felt amazing afterwards. Really liked the hands on opposite knees and head dip pose at the end especially, so relaxing. Looking forward to Day 5 today. 😊
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Gannet1
Well done. I know, just getting to the mat is the hardest part, just like she says! 😃🤣
Did day 4 yesterday and finding it easy to stick to surprisingly. With schools closing again I'm now on 2 week rota so in my week at home I'm hoping to get out on my runs in daylight and then yoga on my return. Need something to keep the over active thoughts at bay. Will be using the anchor mantra more frequently too 🧘🙏
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to Allbarron
Nice! Yeah, the good thing about these 30 day sessions is we get to know quite a few of her videos that we can return to! It’s been a great journey so far!
Day 5 - Replenish nice nice nice! I flowed!! (With a bit of my yoga brick helpers).... but I flowed!
The bricks were also helpful when twist-bending sideways when my left elbow was supposed to come down to my right thigh (no chance) but putting a brick there between elbow and thigh did the trick. 😃
Not sure I’m looking forward to “burn“ tomorrow, but what a way to start the day!
Fantastic use of your yoga blocks CBDB. 👊 linda9389 ’s right about Day 6, it’s not always that bad - but having said that I think this series is tougher in the early days than past ones, so we’ll have to wait and see what Adriene throws at us tomorrow! 😱🤣
I really liked this session it did seem to flow more easily, probably because I'm more used to her instructions. The warrior sequence was my favourite today and I liked being given a bit of freedom at the beginning to do what we needed, the time flew by.I hadn't been looking ahead but now I'm wondering about "burn" 😳
Just completed day 5 a novelty to do this late afternoon, I really enjoyed it though and I’m getting better at understanding what I need to do and where she is going next - very in tune now with the warrior poses - feel like Wonder Women now or any other superhero!🦸♀️
Yesss! Wonder Women! (Sorry men!) I could even lift my legs a bit in that lie-on-your-tummy(in-my-case-on-top-of-two-blankets)-and-lift-your-legs pose. I think hubby even called it superman pose, or in our case, super women pose!
Day 5 Replenish done and dusted. ✅ I enjoyed it a lot - happy it was only a short forearm plank! I loved the locust variation (hands interlaced behind back whilst on the belly, and lifting the legs). My eagle arms aren’t pretty though.
I saw a yoga props video suggesting to lie on 1-2 blankets underneath your middle, and voila, my legs are lifting! (... a bit, but that bit was a bit more than last time).
Hi I’ve joined too! I missed the very first session Invite but have been trying to keep up with the rest- will do Invite when I have done extra time and motivation I’ve been doing these in the eve after work and they help calm the mind and my body!!
Oh well done!!! I’ve added you to our initial roll call, and there are now more than 30 of us here in HU who are doing BREATH! So welcome, and gosh, well done for doing these after work!
Day 5 ... I found this a tad tough.. mayb bad timing as had a stressy horrible day today and then went for a run after work then did the yoga ...anyone else find it tough?
Yes! Some of it was quite challenging - the thing to remember though is that it's supposed to feel good (FWFG - find what feels good), so never push to get to a point that is uncomfortably hard ... go part way, modify, and allow the poses to improve over time (just like running, yoga is a journey and takes time). Some things will be hard for you, some easy - as dijep pointed out it's already becoming clear that we each struggle with different things. The thirty days are unlikely to become progressively harder, in fact they're likely to feel easier as you become more familiar with Adriene, her cues and her approach.You showed up - you did good 👍😊
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold in reply to linda9389
Not sure how I’ve only just noticed this post 🙈 I’ve just done day 6, been trying to get them done before work to get me moving in the mornings rather than rolling out of bed at 7:55 to my office (kitchen) to start work at 8am! Really enjoying it so far, but can confirm today’s session lives up to its name 🔥🔥🔥I kept up with Adriene until the “Simba on a cliff” part then had to take a little breather 🥵
Yeah, Simba on a cliff was something! Great for joining us, I’ll add you to our roll call! Same here, I do it with hubby just before porridge and then work. It’s a really nice thing to do together first thing am! Happy yoga-ing!
It would just be better if the emails came through a bit sooner as sometimes there are some useful things to pay particular attention to that I missed when I read them after the fact.
Yes, I never receive the emails until much later. But the YouTube video does have also some detailed descriptions. Haven’t compared with emails yet, but reading video notes might help.
Day 6 - Burn🔥 Nice!!! I said “hello!” to some movements I know from Pilates!!! Loved the fire breath, but yes, good workout for your diaphragm! Planks - yikes, mine look a bit more like an easy downward dog than a plank... lots of room for improvement for various movements....but hey.....this felt great!🧘🏽👍🏽💪🙏
Burn.... well it certainly had me giggling as I kept ending up flat on the floor when attempting "low boat" in the end I realised the key for me was not to go too low. I quite like normal boat but it needs a lot more core strength to get back from that low position.💪I liked the Simba sequence and the last section lifting the soles of the feet up to the sky was a really interesting move and not one I've done before.
I will be bookmarking this session to do again then eventually I may be able to stop my boat from sinking 😂
I missed a day yesterday. Did supermarket shop and got very stressed as the pavement right around our house is being dug up to lay fibre for faster broadband service. My car had been surrounded by plastic fencing , hard core and sand and it couldn’t be moved. 😫
What I needed was a session of yoga but it was all too noisy, so I visited my my support bubble for a cup of tea and conversation instead.
So today I ran 7k, and did day 5 of YWA. Isn’t Adriene lovely? I’m really enjoying the sessions, but I’m not sure I’d be able to do this so well without my previous Pilates and Yogalates classes.
Hey everyone, didn’t post yesterday but did do Replenish: downward dog with twists are a work in progress. 😆 Then Burn today. Simba and the low boats, is she having a laugh! Joking aside, loved the breath of 🔥 and the fact that she does mix it up, so you do always feel good, no matter what level. Also loving the way the practise dissolves brain fog after work; it’s like night and day! Here’s to Day 7! 😊
Day 6 and Burn, and OMG did I feel the burn, that was tough tonight. I enjoyed it but found it really difficult. I have to be careful as I have 2 discs out in my lower spine so when she was lowering both straight legs I could feel my back so had to improvise. After that though I found one of her short videos on hip tightness which was really useful, as I find it even difficult to sit cross legged, so I'm hoping that if I do the hip exercises every other day, they will really help. I'm sure I will really feel it tomm!🏃♀️
Today's session was a tough one, especially if you tried to take everything full on. Hats off to anyone who could lift an arm and a leg in the plank (I looked at my arm and instantly knew better than to try that!). The low boat moves, especially with moving legs, is exactly what I have been avoiding in pilates because it gets right to whatever is wrong with my 'hip'. So I tried harder with my left leg than my right and have fingers crossed that I haven't aggravated the right hip again. It really is all about adapting to what is right for you in the moment. I like the sound of seven being a slice of heaven ....
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Yeah, we’ve done BURN, I’m already ready for SNUGGLE! 🤣
Has anyone else read this wonderful poem? My friend just emailed it to me, I’d never seen it before but looks quite old. It’s too long to post, so I found the author’s page and it’s the second or third poem down. 💗
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I’ve been doing these in the eve after work and they help calm the mind and my body!!
