This months’s daily YWA practice might just be a great complement to our daily December Resistance Band challenge!
Adriene writes about this month: “Welcome a slower pace amongst a busy season! This curation of practices is designed to help you connect and amplify your relationship to your breath.”
So get ready for some breathy practice!
AND WELCOME TO ANY YOGA NEWBIES! You are in the right place! 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.
see you on our collective map! Yes, after a few niggles here and there, and after a period of just focussing on targeted exercises, I’ve come back to daily yoga as for me it has proven to be the best all rounder for stretching and strengthening.
Day 3 - my knees were killing me this morning but I managed to complete the session although not as flexibly as Adrienne! Extended child’s pose is one of my favourites. In the end it was relaxing.
Day 4 - just what I needed after going out last night. My knees are still painful, but my lupus is flaring up at the moment and this will help to settle things down again.
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hopefully it does. It’s a really nice gentle session.
Day 5 - I did Lion’s breath and Yoga to Calm Your Nerves this morning. Does anyone else find it hard to inhale in through the nose as long as Adriene does?
Day 6 - I did Ujjayi Breathing and Morning Yoga Flow this morning. It helped to wake me up. I didn't manage the side planks, so stuck to the standard ones. I'll have to build up to side planks. I must fit in the Lymphatic Flow workout as well. I'm enjoying doing this calendar and plan to do yoga every day this month.
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oh yeah, I found this progressive plank infographics just last week that I will post at some point. Planks are my nemesis.
I tried today’s one (day 7, morning flow) and I was really enjoying it until I managed to kick the corner sideboard with the inside of my foot. I don’t know what possessed me to be facing away from it instead of the way I’ve done every over practice but regardless of why, I’ve now gor a big cut and bruise on mg foot. That kind of ruined it for me!
Today I cheated a bit, as I did yesterday’s YOGA TOO CALM YOUR NERVES rather than today’s MORNING YOGA FLOW.
Morning flow just sounded too energetic and I felt grumpy by the time I left work because I felt I had to work so hard to unreasonable deadlines! Grrr.
But now, after a yoga dedicated to calming one’s nerves, I feel quite mellow! ☺️🙂
Day 21 - YOGA TO FEEL YOUR BEST. Yes, that felt great. Right after a run and shower.. just the thing.
After 10 days of frantic days at work, a day of running, yoga and in a few minutes a good indoor row (and not forgetting Resistmas) feels so mindful, bringing back my peace and pushing stress, anxiety and frenzy back into a box to be closed!
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