more yoga…

I was able to get in Namaste Yoga in at lunch time.  The sequence I selected included:

• Forward bend
• Plank
• downdog
• sunbird lift and sunbird bow
• Gate
• sunbird lift
• down dog
• updog
• downdog

I think that was it.  So far I taken the kids to school on the bike three of four days and we’ve gone to the pool/spray ground Tuesday and Wednesday too.  Fun stuff.  I hope that I’m becoming a darker shade of pale, safely.

yoga practice today

Was after lunch, before returning to work.  Just a short 10 minute practice to stretch out.

• Sun salutations (2nd time through I held runners stretches, plank, updog, down dog for 5 breaths each)
• Standing straddle forward bend(5 breaths)
• knee down spinal twisting (5 breahts)
• Fish (5 breaths)
• seated forward bend (5 breaths)
• Mini Shivasana (10 breahts)

That’s about it.  Nothing else too new here.

back on the mat again

Since today is Tuesday, I had some time after I dropped off the kids and I did a Namaste Yoga show today.  Warrior series

• Chair
• forward bend
• Warrior I
• Warrior II
• back to warrior I
• Up to Warrior III
• standing back bend

Today is class day so I’ll be riding my bike there.  We didn’t get our butts in gear this morning to drop the kids off at daycare with the bike 

Yoga

Not so much yoga today, unless lying in Shivasana in bed for 20 minutes or so while hubby is getting ready for bed counts…  Uggh.. 

I did do good with not driving the car today though.  I am actually riding the bike on the busier street with the kids in tow instead of riding on the sidewalk.  Have I mentioned that I hate riding on the sidewalk and those who ride with an MP3 or iPod plugged into their ears?  No, no!!  That’s wrong!  You gotta be able to HEAR the traffic around you!

Before bed yoga

Sunday was a busy, sunny, beautiful day here.  After church we went to the park, had lunch then Little Man had ANOTHER birthday party.  So evertone else is in bed and I squeezed in 15 minutes of yoga for myself.  The McDonald’s 15 minute Yoga DVD.  I choose up for a challenge and Stress relief. 

Some of the poses included:

• Sun Salutation (1st time I did what they did.  2nd time through I did my version)
• Cat/Dog stretches (or cat/cow or cat/cat lift whatever you want to call it)
• Bound Angle (Butterfly)
• Seated straddle stretch
• Knees to chest
• knee down spinal twisting
• modified pigeon
• Long Shivasana

Really, nothing was held for too long and nothing was really difficult!

mid morning yoga

Today I let the kiods play on the computer while I did an episode of Namaste Yoga.  It was pretty interesting.

• Cat lift to plank.
• Down to the floor than to updog
• child’s pose cat lift to down dog
• updog to the floor to boat
• then I don’t remember the rest…  Baby girl was climbing on me!

Mileage Friday

 26.727 MJiles!  The mileage consisted of:

• Tuesday:  Ride to the gym
• Wednesday:  Drop the kids off AND pick them up, a ride to Meijer AND a ride to the park
• Thursday:  Drop off the kids and ride to the park

My van stayed parked from Tuesday morning to Friday morning.  Yippee!!

Namaste

Yoga during lunch again.

Series included:

• Cat lift to down dog
• sunbird lift and sun bird bow
• One legged down dog
• plank to down dog
• Cat/dog strecthes

Time to eat lunch!

Lunch time yoga!

What a way to ruin a good yoga workout or negate a good bike ride.  Turtles and Pizza.  LOL!!  While my Totinos pizza was cooking, I got in 10 minutes of yoga.

• Sun Salutations (2nd time through I held Runners Stretch, Plank, Updog, and down dog for 4 breaths each)
• Tree.  I was able to do half mudra on EACH side.  YEAH ME!!  10 breaths each side.
• Full Shoulderstand/seated forward bend.  I held each pose 5 breaths 4 or 5 times each. 

So it’s time to eat my pizza and take a shower.

More morning yoga

Two mornings in a row!  Wow, can you stand it??

This morning was Namaste Yoga.  The sequence consisted of:

• Warrior I & II
• Lateral Angle (the angle something or other that I couldn’t remember yesterday)
• Half Moon Balancing (No balance here)
• Needle pose

Well, I’m about ready to wake up the kids for a ride into school today.  Fun stuff.