exercise_every_day | Thursday, November 18, 2010, Check-In

Hey, EED community!

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just_ann_now

Barbara Benagh's Power Yoga for Every Body, Challenging Level, "Invigorating" set.

I don't feel invigorated - I feel wobbly and slightly nauseous. (Good thing I don't have to be at work until 10:30.) If I were serious, really serious, about choosing my next 40 Day practice to truly challenge me, it would be this one: long long chaturangas and up dogs, long side planks, bakasana, wheel. But at the moment I just feel sick and miserable. *is woeful*

muck_a_luck

Urgh. Not a good feeling. But if you think this could be the right one, you probably should try it again tomorrow and see how your body reacts. You don't want to build 40 days of practice around something, then have to kick it after 5 days of misery and then be all disappointed.

Alternately - you could choose this one, knowing you would fall back to a planned alternate and restart the 40 days if Invigorating made you too unhappy. Your psychological result could have a lot to do with how you approach it from the start.

Ginger tea, and some work outside in the nice fresh air, and I'm feeling much much better.

I'm still "auditioning" for my 40 Day selection. There was the Good Morning Extended set, on this same dvd, that worked well the other day. And there's Rodney Yee, with Half Moon and Warrior III as well as Wheel, where I can perfect my standing balance poses. Bakasana certainly isn't going to go away (my daily practice isn't going away, either; I'm hooked) so I could put off today's set for yet another 40 Day sequence.

Edited Date: 2010-11-18 01:49 pm (UTC)

rydra_wong

Morning yoga, two hours climbing.

alexseanchai

The "wow that's a lot of sweat from twenty minutes of yoga" moment is a rite of passage, isn't it?

Also, ow, and am I sure I was ready to go from the beginner I routine on the DVD to the beginner II routine?

am I sure I was ready

YOU TOTALLY WERE READY! :D And ya gotta sweat! Whoo hoo! What DVD?

Yoga for "Absolute Beginners" [sic], Marlon Braccia.

Looks like a good intro DVD.

Apparently today was 'clear out the shopping list' day. That list has been growing for about a month now.

Three dozen paper bags. All full. Most full with things heavy enough that Mom's not allowed to lift them with her strained shoulder.

Guess who's the only other one home?

Owwwww.