C25K Week 1 Day 2 complete! It was nigh impossible to breathe today, though, because of the absurdly unseasonally oppressive heat. I waited until after 7 to go for my run and it was still intense. I did it though! And then I followed up with Day 2 of my yoga challenge, which left me less than impressed. 
( Day 2 )

Fun Flow Practice with Elise Lorimer (45 min)
Vinyasa flow teacher Elise Lorimer presents a dynamic and fun Mandala (circular) Namaskar sequence that will have you traveling around your mat and enlivening your entire body. Through this fluid sequence, which has you ground deeply into the legs and awaken your upper body, you'll tap into your ( Read more... )

I am immediately intimidated by the pose they show as the image for the video. Straight up splits are not something to be expected from a beginner, or even an intermediate, so this should be interesting. I have a lot of energy right now, which this sequence requires, so I'm going to try to ignore my doubts and get down to it.

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Initial impression ( Read more... )

What amazed me today is how you could actually SEE the model gradually shifting into every pose. Slowly gaining his stability, his center, and then assuming the proper pose. It was fascinating. And I failed rather spectacularly at a couple of the poses /facepalm. Although it did bug me that he bounces into to poses sometimes, instead of moving ( Read more... )

I love the idea of focusing on core, and this is perfect for someone like me who HATES sit ups or crunches. My only problem is that sometimes it doesn't feel like yoga. It's - not that yoga isn't a workout - but it feels like a workout. And I love yoga because even though I know what amazing things it's doing for my body, it doesn't FEEL like a ( Read more... )

So...to say, "I got REALLY busy yesterday," would be sort of an understatement, though it was the best kind of busy in the world. More on that later. For now! The OLD me would quit the Yoga Challenge all together, because I missed yesterday. But the new me recognizes that she is in luck that yesterday's was only 15 minutes, and so is doing it ( Read more... )

I loved it. I LOVED it. I can't remember the last time I've had so much fun and been left so energized as a result of yoga (outside of a class, that is). I have always struggled with a solo practice because it is very boring. At least, the DVDs I've used have been nice, but not incredibly inspiring or dynamic. Which is ok sometimes, when I just ( Read more... )