this week's yoga

[supercheesegirl]

Went to Lucia's yoga class on Thursday. Realized I hadn't done any yoga really in a good two weeks. I had a rough time in Hero pose in particular--it's one of my favorites, and usually I can get in it and lay back on the ground and hang out there all relaxed, but on Thursday I had to prop up on my elbows. Not good. I spent most of Friday and Saturday feeling sore in unusual ways, which tells me I'm getting out of practice.

Today I was planning to go to the gym and do some yoga there, but I overslept and time got away from me, and I realized that I don't actually need to go to the gym in order to do yoga. I put on my Lotus cd and did yoga right here at home, which I hadn't done in a while. Did probably a 45-50 minute practice (longer than the cd ran), which I was pretty happy with. It was nice to do some vinyasa flow work on my own, since most of what I've been doing lately is hatha style with Lucia. I think I will definitely want to teach vinyasa rather than hatha; it just makes more sense to me. I did my usual strength-building poses, and also did my bethak squats and dand pushups, which I had not done in a long time. Tree pose (see icon) was particularly fulfilling for me today. I just hung out on my right leg for a long time. My branches blew in the wind.

Comments

[digital-e.livejournal.com]

Go, you!

My yoga studio has a beginning ashtanga class I thought of trying, but I'm not sure how it would be different from the beginning hatha ones I've been doing.

I love the tree pose!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Hatha tends to be gentler, I think, and definitely more focused on breathing. Ashtanga is more focused on the flow of poses--tends to be more aerobic, moves faster, you get sweatier. Check it out and see if you like it!

Tree pose = awesome!

[digital-e.livejournal.com]

I'll give it a try next week maybe. Hatha seems aerobic enough sometimes, but the ashtanga class on Tuesdays is supposed to be for beginners. That would give me another option at the location near my house.

It's cool that you know the poses well enough that you can just do your own routine with music at home.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a win-win: you get to try something a little different and have a new option near to your house.

That's one of the nice things about practicing ashtanga vinyasa: that style just focuses on the same poses, every class, in the same order, so you always know what to expect. On my own, I switch things up some, add in different things I've picked up from hatha or other classes, but having done ashtanga vinyasa for 2+ years, I always feel like I've got a solid foundation.