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Day 10: #CheckedOffChallenge

BelleBaileyWrites

I spent a lot of time in front of the computer today so I was all wound up for yoga. Luckily, I was able to get out of the house for a little while this evening, indulge in pizza from my favorite pizza place for supper, and then start my yoga challenge with a fresh perspective.

Besides eating pizza just before yoga (bad idea!), my practice tonight was deeply relaxing. It had some difficult aspects, but it wasn’t impossible.

One of the most challenging moves for me was the lunge. I actually toppled over! It must have been that extra slice of pizza weighing me down. But, I am still feeling great and I feel like I will continue to improve. I LOVED the new stretch at the end and I’m definitely feeling ready for bed and a good book!

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Day 5: #CheckedOffChallenge

BelleBaileyWrites

Today was one of the most challenging for me thus far. I had a pretty packed calendar and I planned to do Day 5 tonight, which may have been my first mistake.

So far in this challenge, I have done every day of yoga first thing in the morning. I’m not sure if it was the change in routine, muscle fatigue, or just general fatigue, but I wasn’t able to hold a couple of the last poses for the full duration. I had to modify and I hated that I had to do that.

This taught me that:

  • I shouldn’t be so hard on myself. I’ve done my best and I need to be happy with that!
  • I can try returning to morning yoga and see if that helps.
  • Some poses are going to be hard for me AT FIRST because I need to build muscle. But that doesn’t mean they will be difficult forever. Just for right now.
  • Yoga at night is extremely relaxing.

On some of the early poses, I felt amazing. And, even though I can already tell I’m going to be sore tomorrow, I can’t wait to get back to the mat!

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Day 4: #CheckedOffChallenge

BelleBaileyWrites

As you might have noticed, I did not post my usual blog yesterday. I DID do my #CheckedOffChallenge, though.

My #CheckedOffChallenge was done at 5 a.m. and I didn’t get back home until very late in the evening. I LOVED Day 4. It was an awesome workout and something I really needed. It was all about hips, etc. and just really wonderful overall. Such a nice way to wake up in the morning!

Something interesting that I noticed was that I was able to easily walk up hills and stairs without getting out of breath. Since I’d only returned to Yoga for about 4 days at that point, I don’t think I can say this was entirely due to yoga, BUT I feel like it has helped a lot!

My extra challenge is that I haven’t done my #CheckedOffChallenge today. I have about 4 hours to complete it so wish me luck!