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11 Dec

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Challenges – the good kind

3 Nov

I just realized this morning, as the Yoga Salutes NonViolence “end” date approaches (this Saturday, Nov. 5th is the final charity yoga-a-thon) that I have opted to take on challenges, lately.

The first week, I started out doing 6 Sun Salutations a day.  The second week, I did 7.  The third week, I tried 8.  It was great!  The fourth week, I did 10 and I was exhausted…and didn’t feel good really.  It was a chore;  Curious.

So, I went back to 8 Sun Salutations a day…and that worked fine.  Then last week, I tried 10 again and it was groovy!  Increments, remember increments!

This week, I’ve not been feeling well, so I haven’t had a full week, but I’ll continue with the 10 Sun Salutations a day;  It’s a good number, it’s not too much, not too little, and it still requires an effort to do. (pant, pant)

I’m excited about this Saturday!  Hello SUN!

Don’t forget – if you want to sponsor me or someone else, or if you just want to donate (every last cent for the Yoga Salutes NonViolence goes to an Abused Persons Shelter in my local area) – let me know in the comments or visit the page.

PS…I’m a newbie where yoga is concerned, so while I had done the bits and pieces of a sun salutation before, I had never put it together before.  When I did, I had all kinds of revelations about how the breathing leads you…and the concepts of the yoga Flow, where one movement leads into another.  It suddenly had meaning for me!  Is this what we were leading for?  Not necessarily just for small “asanas” (forms) but for collections of them?

What a great thing!  It’s a pattern that all comes together.

So, I’m off to do my 10 right now!

The PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month, 30 Ideas in 30 Days) is a second challenge that I’ve taken.  So far, so good.  (Today is Day 3).

Enjoy your morning!

Has this ever happened to you?

27 Jun

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Has this ever happened to you?  I was in a yoga class and suddenly felt like crying.  I wasn’t SAD per se, but then the tears started bubbling up and I had to step aside for a second.  My teacher went and got me some tissues and said some kind words to me.  (Odd, that tissue box is always in that room.)

My yoga teacher said that this often happens in yoga.  I’ve read that our bodies hold emotions in certain places and when we are “working” on them or with them, they release feelings or emotions.

So it’s a stress release then, not a particular indication of sadness.  I didn’t have anything in particular to feel sad about, at the time, so I did feel a little weirded out.  Kind of neat, tho, actually.  I hope that I’m working out whatever I’m working out.  THAT still remain a mystery!