5:00am wakeup call for an hour of coffee and contemplation (to quote Officer Powell on Stranger Things), and then I'll hit my mat for the second time this week.
I practiced yesterday morning but didn't contribute a post here but, in a nutshell, I'll typically shower (bathing before and after a practice is traditional, I'm told), and then throw on one of my soooper tight running tshirts, a pair of shorts, and hit the mat.
I've had an atrocious diet from the Thanksgiving weekend that just passed and I've paid for it in several ways. During forward bends, and inversion poses, I could literally feel the excess mass that needs to be eliminated around my gut. The beautiful thing about yoga is that, in addition to the spiritual and mental benefits of silencing your mind while you put yourself through physical stress, it helps you eliminate a lot of garbage from your body that would ordinarily linger around longer than it should (I'm talking about poop here, everybody...).
I haven't publicized this blog yet so let's see if I'm as diligent with it as I feel in the mornings.
Namaste
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 (Part II)
I'm writing this post yoga, whereas the post above is pre yoga, and I have to sing the praises of yoga while I'm still on my mat feeling blissful. Started at 6:00am and finished just shy of 6:40am. Nothing serious at all but did my standard warm up (rolling on my back, stretching out my toes, hamstrings, and other areas) before beginning my practice. The practice was simple and followed the Ashtanga/Vinyasa Sun Salutes (A and B) before going into padahastasana and padungusthasana (the former being one of the best things you can do for digestion and strained wrists), as well as Marichyasana C, upward bow, and a few other poses before ending in Savasana.
Feeling great and ready to tackle the day.
Namaste
I practiced yesterday morning but didn't contribute a post here but, in a nutshell, I'll typically shower (bathing before and after a practice is traditional, I'm told), and then throw on one of my soooper tight running tshirts, a pair of shorts, and hit the mat.
I've had an atrocious diet from the Thanksgiving weekend that just passed and I've paid for it in several ways. During forward bends, and inversion poses, I could literally feel the excess mass that needs to be eliminated around my gut. The beautiful thing about yoga is that, in addition to the spiritual and mental benefits of silencing your mind while you put yourself through physical stress, it helps you eliminate a lot of garbage from your body that would ordinarily linger around longer than it should (I'm talking about poop here, everybody...).
I haven't publicized this blog yet so let's see if I'm as diligent with it as I feel in the mornings.
Namaste
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 (Part II)
I'm writing this post yoga, whereas the post above is pre yoga, and I have to sing the praises of yoga while I'm still on my mat feeling blissful. Started at 6:00am and finished just shy of 6:40am. Nothing serious at all but did my standard warm up (rolling on my back, stretching out my toes, hamstrings, and other areas) before beginning my practice. The practice was simple and followed the Ashtanga/Vinyasa Sun Salutes (A and B) before going into padahastasana and padungusthasana (the former being one of the best things you can do for digestion and strained wrists), as well as Marichyasana C, upward bow, and a few other poses before ending in Savasana.
Feeling great and ready to tackle the day.
Namaste
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