Next week of YWA is almost ready to roll on, and I for one was relieved that it took the pace back a bit last week and provided quite a few short sessions. It certainly is something different than the January challenges.
But great to have a bit of Yoga in your live and then add something extra to it. Last week it was for me Tai Chi, and my hubby does the 7 - 20 min strength workouts on the 7-min app (with planks / squats /you-name-it galore)
So how is everyone doing? Are you adding additional workouts? Are you taking it a bit easy like me, just with running and YWA Bridge?
Let us know. Happy working out everyone.
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Just yoga (Bridge) and running for me right now. Found out I lost a dear friend of mine to Covid complications this week (36, fit and healthy, so unexpected and sad) so I’ve been doing Adriene’s Yoga for Grief practice a lot in addition to the short Bridge sessions. I’m glad I have yoga and running to turn to, as old me would have almost certainly fallen into the Emotional Eating Trap.
(Not to bring down the tone here. Just... grateful for yoga, for life, and the privilege of being able to get out and go for a long run to work through all of this)
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toannaruns
Thanks CBDB. A real shock. ☹️ Amazed at how much exercise has helped me process it all though
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toannaruns
Yes, I do see some of my work colleagues really struggling and running really has helped me with being separated from family and friends. Yoga actually as well and I sleep better now. Take care of yourself. 🙏💚
I enjoyed the Tai Chi, although I got a little lost on #5 😂
I’ve got some changes coming up this week, so I may have to cut back on some of my activities. I will defo keep yoga as a bedtime practice as I have really felt the difference with my sleep. 😴
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toLottieMW
Day 14 - Yoga for Love: A 36min flowy-rich practice, with down dogs, warriors with side twists, child’s poses with arm stretches and for those who can, vinyasas from Cobra to plank to down dogs. Very fitting for Valentines Day!
Thank you! I ended up with #3 (neck/shoulders etc) and wound down with #12 (bedtime)...in bed before midnight, and according to Fitbit, asleep by 5 past!
It's been a mixture of Bridge & Breath for me. I managed a freezing cold 3.5k runniversary on Friday but dashed out without much of a warm up to fit it in and have had tight calves since. I think I need to do more of the longer yoga practices with plenty of downward dogs I think!
Oh really?! I haven't done today's practice yet. I've got a sore throat & headache so am taking it easy. Mr Slinky is not keen for me to share my germs so the foam roller may well become my Valentine this year! 🤣
Hope your headache and sore throat leave you, and have a great session with YWA’s self-care and a nice foam roller date (and later one with Mr Slinky) 🤣♥️
I enjoyed last week's sessions, I've given 4 of them a green ✅ which is my code to save the practice so I can repeat 😊 I've also done the Runderwear Pilates session a few times during the week, 2 runs plus my Monday Zoom Yoga class. Oh that's sounds a lot I may need to sit down now 🤣
Yes! I liked this one...not too much plankage and lunges 😂
It was interesting to be more active with the thread the needle poses...a series of repeats, not just a single stretch on each side.
I’m liking that there are shorter practices mixed in with longer ones...so it’s easy to swop them around to match how I’m feeling on any particular day 😉
I've enjoyed the last few sessions more too. Some days I find it a chore but other days it's wonderful. If I have plenty of time I can really relish the stretches and find strength, balance and poise in the poses, but sometimes it all feels like a mess! Oh, and I completely forgot to do the wind down yoga session - despite doing a daily uwa session for about 15 months, it's clearly still not an ingrained habit! Ahh well 🙄🤣
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply tolinda9389
Well, there will be days where suddenly all conspires against our daily practice, I’m sure. But it’s so hard to swallow if you had to break a streak of continuous daily practice (especially if it’s 15 months long)! 🤣🤣
I missed a couple last year two - one through injury and one through forgetfulness, so the lost streak wasn't that long. I don't have a set time to do it which of course is why it's not really become an ingrained habit.
Day 16 SELF LOVE MEDITATION: Well, only because I trust her process did she manage to keep me on the mat.
I am not one for meditation but do like a lot about her way of staging it and talking doubters like me through it. I like that there are no candles, no mindful music (wait, I think there was music?), and I do like most of all that when she talks and I peak through my closed eyes, I can see her joy and pure fun of sharing in this meditation and this makes it great to experience these 12 min of meditation.
But I certainly needed something more down to Earth afterwards. And to celebrate the fact that I have refound a lost workout video from FitOn’s Vytas focussing on shoulders, neck and upper back, hubby and I just added that to this mornings workout.
It is called Shoulder Stretcher, and besides working on shoulder flexibility and neck health, it actually also includes some planks and down dogs. And it has a section of bobbing heads 🤣!
So now I feel not only proud to have done a pragmatic, candle-free, white-room meditation practice, but also have had a good workout for the upper body.
Day 17 7-min YOGA BOOST: A short (7 min) all standing routines that will get you stretched and core muscles activated, ending in standing oblique crunches. Hubby says: quite good although his back is twinging for no reason, so crunches were slightly painful. Hm. 🤔 I got to point him to some Back Pilates...
Day 18 YOGA FOR UPPER BODY STRENGTH: Ok, so this is the one where Adriene tricks us in doing 13 min of press-ups under the mantle of yoga. And it worked, here I am doing press-ups and am enjoying it! Who’d have thought? I even managed to have a few moments of plank fun (🙃), although lifting one hand to touch opposite shoulder was out of the question.😏
I've had a bit of a hiccup with my daily yoga practice and have been playing catch up since Sunday. But I'm back up to date now 😊 Today was what I sort of expected and worked for me as my monthly quest is be able to do push ups✅Though at the end I was a giggling heap on the floor 🤣 First side plank was fine second one my feet came off the mat so I did an elegant (possibly?) slide across the carpet to end up lying on the mat... Oops!
This sounds dangerous 😂 I’ve been doing an extra session here and there when they’ve been short (ie did Wednesday and Friday’s yesterday; did a random Yoga for Weight Loss one on Tuesday in addition to the meditation), but I think I’ll just stick with this short and sweet one! My arms and shoulders are already sore! Bring it on
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toannaruns
Only Adriene could trick me into doing 10 min of press ups 😂 I was doing ok until she said “one more minute” and I lost it. Joined for the last one haha
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toannaruns
Day 19 YOGA FOR SELF DOUBT: Alternate breathing has me blowing my nose, interfering with my peaceful breathing 🤧 , but I like that practice and could have done it for longer as my nose blowing cut it short 😤. I liked the twist arounds and I could even do the planks. Getting there. Enjoy!
Day 20 - HEART & HIPS PRACTICE: Now I really liked this 26 min of stretching legs, hips and arms with the help of a strap! First time I get to use a strap with YWA! Yey! And no planks in sight 😃!
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