Just before the weekend ends, I thought I’d post this upcoming month’s YWA virtual workout room here on the forum. The YWA July Calendar (“PROCESS”)🗓 has dropped, so here is our new virtual ‘room’ to chat all things YWA, and I’ll pin it as well. 📌
I myself might arrive a bit later, but really looking forward to returning to an easier daily YWA practice. I am still doing a week’s worth of PILATES over at our 30-day MVMT Pilates challenge at healthunlocked.com/strength...
Big WELCOME to any new Virtual Workout Buddies joining us, the daily practice of YWA calendar is perfect to get started with Yoga.
And feel free to - as Adriene says - “find what feels good”, meaning if your knees feel too sensitive, amend that Child’s Pose. And if you find full planks are the stuff of nightmares (I still do, but less and less so ), rather do half planks than full ones. And definitely get creative with props.
Here is a hopefully helpful post about YOGA props.
I‘m back! 🎉🎉🎈Back from doing the daily Pilates Challenge focussing on core ( See healthunlocked.com/strength... ) and back to daily YWA. Coming right into a practice all about the core.
This felt suddenly so easy and so refreshing! I loved it 🥰🥰🥰 and love coming back now to a bit of an easier daily Yoga practice!
Obviously it was only 14 min, but a little often goes a long way!
Quick yoga diddy that I did with hubby after my morning run. It had a bit of stretches in there, eagle poses and balances, and lovely focus on breath and arm work.
Day 15 - Detox Yoga: 20 min of fast flow, mountain pose, fold, flat back, warrior with twists, planks, cobras and down dogs, going to warriors and glowing on.
Day 17 - Slow and Gentle Yoga: I took this 28 min gentle and easy practice outside, and it felt a bit more like Tai Chi than Yoga. But by the end of it, I had a thin sheen of sweat on my forehead.
But it was great to do this with leaves, grasses and trees all around me.
Day 18 - Total Body Yoga Deep Stretch: 48 min, and we took it outside. So great session, blankets and mats set out in the shade, with trees and leaves distracting us, but we got through the thorough stretching routing no sweat…. well maybe a bit of sweat. 😅
Day 19 - Freedom Glow Flow: this 28 min looked fun, and filmed outside, but it has to wait for another time. I felt quite under the weather, so was horizontal all day.
Day 20 - Yoga for Core and Booty: 28 min of a medium effort practice (squats, down dog to planks, twist lifts) but in this heat I was dripping sweat 10min in!
But felt great, yesterday’s headache gone, so will enjoy the rest of the day!
Day 21 - Yoga for skaters: 28 min first thing in the morning, again outside. Lovely session (no squats), easy on knees but some standing figure fours.
And some standing folds, both closed and wide leg stances, where hubby said: “ you know you are getting old when you do your yoga fold and you feel the skin of your face sliding up” 😂😂😂👴👵🧘🏼♂️🧘🏻♂️
Lovely morning, we added a coffee afterwards, rather than a shavasana.
Yoga Lawn still wild, as no mower yet bought, but it provides a beautiful view of a wild meadow.
Oh…loved this and added to my favs! Cheated with the standing 4’s (used my trusty ironing board for support!)…but the rest was all doable…lovely stretches 👍
Day 22 - Yoga for Scoliosis: Or rather, a yummy yoga to gently stretch your spine. 25 min. Lots of gentle twists, which each feel great.
One plank, and I could even do the full plank with hugging leg up. First time for me, as full plank alone was already quite an achievement for me.
Also stepping one leg up from down dog gets me so much further than it used to. And yesterday I also noticed when lying on back, legs twisting over to one side in spinal twist, I could keep my opposite shoulder on the ground for the first time!
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toLottieMW
Ooops! I probably go easy on my knees on the lunges, as they still let me know when I put too much extended weight on them, so I don’t notice lunges as much as I should 😁. 👏💪👍🏽👏😀🧘🏻♀️
I just don’t want to exacerbate any dodgyness (is that a word?) of my knees 😉👍
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toLottieMW
Yeah, I know the feeling. I have got dodgy knees as well, and they seem to be ok running now-a-days, but lunges or stepping up on a chair can be still quite difficult. (but this used to be impossible)
Also putting to much weight on knees for longer periods of time, like pointing dog kind of postures. I have to position them quite carefully.
They have gotten immensely better, though, through Yoga. Will add "lunge alarm" to my number of alerts, which at the moment include planks, lunges, crow.
Day 25 - Self Love: a long one, 50 min practice that takes its time. We grabbed our yoga bag and did it outside again, I was sweating by the end, hubby was not.
There were some moments where I had to give me knees a rest. Also possibly not great for wrists as one is planking and down dogging quite a bit.
And there was one moment where I thought the squat would move into a crow, but - phew - it went down into cross legged seat.
…just seen it’s on August list!Mostly seated…upper body work…arms/wrists/fingers. Twists and stretches. A longish seated cat/cow variation to work hip joints.
Then all fours…cat/cow…x1 low lunge each leg…extended child’s pose…then in table top, dial hands so fingers facing you (defo need wrist warning here), and you end up curling toes under and sitting back on feet..
More seated twists (legs extended) and some work in cobblers. Finally supine twists/stretches and corpse pose. 😅
Day 26 - Yoga for Climbers: we might skip this 29 min session this evening, as it was busy today, but looks great with some balances postures and arm and leg work.
Day 27 - Yoga for the feet: 30 min session focussing on toes, ankles, feet 🦶 👣. A cute session 🥰. No heat but focus on bending toes and ankles. I had to replace a pose with cobblers pose, as she suggested, as my knees just don’t bend (yet) 180 degrees.
We were again outside, and first tiny pricks of rain fell onto our faces while shanasavanning! 🥰💧🌧🥰
Day 28 - Yoga for Golfers: … or not just for golfers, as this 20 min session gave me just the right stretches in my upper body and leg stretches in lower to work out the post-run kinks of my muscles, leftovers from my run just before the session. (And some stretches in between)
Easy on knees and wrists, and chair 🪑 guidance to those who might not make it to the ground.
Didn’t mind the down dogs and one plank…but not keen on the semi lunge/one knee balance thing.
Good news is that all the nice stretches and twists like “thread the needle” and “supine half pigeon” are in other practices which are on my favs list!😅😉
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toLottieMW
Favourite list or things that have become favourites? (I find certain positions have grown on me as I am able to hold them more easily nowadays).
Great stuff, despite semi lunge thingy. (Listen to our yoga speak 🗣🤣)
Day 29 - Yoga for Wrist Pain: “ 22 min, quite hard on the wrists actually, but definitely will build strength in wrists. It should help those who struggle with down dogs due to wrists, as it very thoroughly explains different wrist positions.
Saved this…I let it run on and it was followed by 3:45 minutes for healthy wrists, which was fun!
CBDBAdministratorGraduate Gold• in reply toLottieMW
Yeah, I must look that out and do that one. I do still use blocks for quite a few positions and I want to slowly wean myself off them which will be harder on my wrists.
Day 30 - Yoga for courage: phew 😮💨27 min of quick flows that got my heart racing. Planks, down dogs, all warriors, some twists. It starts off quite gentle, but don’t be fooled, it’s gonna get hot 🥵
… at least for me, so maybe I should have waited with my late breakfast until after the workout? 🤣
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