Tag: yoga

Back day.

It was still freezing. I didn’t feel clumsy today. Still trying to get the hang of breathing, who would have thought the activity that we did multiple times every minute of everyday would be so hard!

Feeling good 🙂

I didn’t want to leave the warmth of my jeans in exchange for my bike shorts to show up today – day 1 the temperature was around 30oC, today, it’s closer to 13.

But I did, and I’m glad I did.

Today’s practice featured lots of balancing on one foot. Unfortunately my weak arches kept collapsing and I was falling everywhere. But they’ll never strengthen if I don’t try. I hope that they strengthen as a by product of this practice.

Today was a little more challenging than yesterday. Adriene added a couple of moves that really tested my flexibility (or lack of it).

1. Placing fingers on the lower back with palms towards the floor, fingers to the sky. I really felt the stretch through my wrists / forearms.

She increased the stretching where the body makes a V shape, while balancing on ones behind. I found myself unable to balance well.

I did notice that while my hips felt tight and inflexible, there is an improvement on the past few days.

I found myself better connected to my breath. Although there was still a challenge of connecting the instruction, with the bodily movement and trying to release tension while only focusing on breathing.

My intention for this practice: To connect with my body better, so in turn I can connect with the divine.