Well, due to recovering from illness and pulled calves, I’m still in the mindset of “maybe some gentle yoga sessions”, so the titled November calendar of MEDITATE sounds just the thing!
I might throw in some focussed lower leg workouts, but I’ll certainly will be popping in here and there, to this month’s YWA offer.
So welcome to our collective yoga workout mat!
Adriene writes about this month: “The theme is Meditate and you’ll find the monthly plan full of soothing practices like Stillness for Stress Relief, Yoga for Anxiety, and Yoga Chill. We’ve mixed in several meditation and mindfulness practices, too. ”
AND WELCOME TO ANY YOGA NEWBIES! You are in the right place! November’spractice looks again like a real mix, with short, easy and longer sessions, more intense sessions! Let us know below how you find it!
And if you are just joining us, big WELCOME to you and any new Virtual Workout Buddies! The daily practice of the YWA calendar is perfect for getting 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, rather do half planks than full ones. Do whatever feels right to get the maximum enjoyment from these daily sessions. And definitely get creative with props.
Here is a hopefully helpful post about YOGA props.
★ Here was my initial large collection of props, many of which I do not need anymore, but I certainly did in the beginning: healthunlocked.com/strength...
★ And if you want to see what a month’s Virtual Workout Room looks like, here is the one for April ‘21 : healthunlocked.com/strength...
Upwards, crow-wards, and down dog-wards, another month's practice!
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I always love the idea of these and end up dropping off when I get behind. New plan-I’ll do the workout of the current day and if that means missing some, never mind! I think that will end up with me doing more of them overall.
yeah, me too. I did manage an 18month streak of every single day, but then I started rowing and it just got too much with all my post-run and post-row stretches on top of it all. Nowadays I drop in here and there.
this popped into the inbox at just the right time….sworn off running for a whole month just as I was getting back into it again. Pesky calve/Achilles and a lovely physio who I dare not disobey! This could be just what I need 😊
I‘m finding that these sessions really work out my upper back muscles and stretching my legs (incl calfs ) really well. So I’ll be trying to get into a daily yoga practice again. I think it will give me a world of good.
I wonder if my targeted stretches and workouts left out specific areas, which resulted in an imbalance and thus upper back pain.
These yoga sessions though, give a daily variety, gentle stretches and gentle strengthening.
DAY 4 : Ahimsa Yoga - continuing on the mindful, slow and meditative practice, whilst slowly attending to those deep back muscles. It took care of me, and kept my spirits up.
I've amazed myself by keeping up with the sessions (so far)It's always interesting to guess how strenuous the class will be depending on what she is wearing ☺️
lol , yes, the moment she is sitting on a laid out blanket, I know it’s a session promising delicious mindful and slow practice. I loved the session for it.
I did wonder if Ahimsa yoga will always be so deliciously slow. Must search these out!
DAY 6 : 15 minutes of meditation … ok .. I have to admit I let this running whilst I went off on my own yoga routine to stretch out my limbs (gently) after a 30 min low intensity rowing session. So a few down dogs, dolphins, childs poses, cat-cows, cobblers, etc. Yoga is just so perfect for stretching after a session.
I did return to the meditation in the last 5 min, and it was actually really nice to have her in the background.
DAY 7 : 8 min Meditation you can do anywhere! I did it in the guest bedroom! 😃 And after wards added a 15 min standing weights session. So feel pretty chuffed with myself. A little goes a long way!
I've been really confused by your daily updates as you seemed be doing different sessions to me. I just realised I've somehow got a day ahead of where I should be 😂🤣😂
I notice my flexibility has improved, even in my absence from yoga. Probably due to post-row and post-run stretches, averaging ca 20-25 min of flexibility oriented workouts per day. So that’s good news.
Also holding all those down dogs is now easier, as I think my arms have gotten a bit stronger from rowing.
More challenging are planks, and knee to nose in down dogs. Something to work on.
This was a great session to do at lunchtime. After having had very busy workdays leading a 2-day residential, the yoga and afterwards the 30 min row cleared out any stiffness. It felt really good and was also mindful.
No pain in my calf muscles at all, not in the upper back! Yey! My cross training and S&F to address calves and upper spine seems to have worked!
Not quote DAY 14 - but after a 30 min row and then stretch, I did a few down dogs, lunges, warriors and Childs poses and boy, did it feel good. Especially the down dogs.
Day 25? Oops Day 26! Accidentally did Day 26 with Respect and Replenish (36 min).
Now does that mean I get to do the day 25 session of 13 min tomorrow? I might just give that to myself! 😀.
But the session of Respect and Replenish today was lovely stretchy one, with quite a few planks (which I’m getting better at) and a lot of slow repetitions of movements. Nice!
I almost did day 25-got back from a short run and really felt could do with a good stretch. “Yoga for digestion” just didn’t appeal! I ended up randomly scrolling and finding “yoga for hips and lower back release” which I really enjoyed. Love a frog pose/yogi squat. I’ll be really interested to hear your review of the digestion one. I’m going to try and fit in day 26 tomorrow.
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