BellaOnline Forums Health and Fitness Yoga Yoga in the Spring Sunshine!

That sounds wonderful! What a great idea!

I did do my yoga routine after I made the previous post, so the forum helped energize me to do that! It was very nice and stretchy. I can now do the "hurdler's stretch" on both sides, with my knees touching the ground! Hurrah!

It was a little rainy out today, but I waited for a dry spot and went out to do my morning yoga. It was lovely! For some reason, today I could not get EITHER knee down in the hurdler's stretch position. So a small step backwards. On the up side, I can easily touch the ground in sun salutations which is a big improvement. So I keep moving forward!

I have been very fortunate that pretty much every day for the past week it has been gently sunny outside and I have been doing my morning yoga. It really helps to start my day, and to keep my shoulders limber as I do tons of computer work for the rest of the day. It also helps to keep me centered and focused to get through as many items on my to-do list as humanly possible.

I am much better at the hurdler's stretch now, and can regularly touch my toes, which is great!

Now I want to add another standing position into my first part of my routine, which is:

* easy sun salutations
* tree pose
* king dancer I think it's called?
* five pointed star? I'm so bad with names
* palm tree

What is another reasonably gentle standing pose I could add to the end of that sequence, before I go down to cat/cow?

I skipped Sat - we had guests coming over so it was a cleaning frenzy day. I looked forward to doing it today. It was drizzly out so I did it in the kitchen, looking out the window. I have gotten very fond of my outside yoga! Still it was nice to do it at all, to get my body stretched out.

We had a nice day, so I could do my yoga outside! It's about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes a day, I'm stretching further every day, being able to hold positions more steadily, and I feel relaxed and ready to take on things when I finish.

I definitely recommend daily yoga to everyone! It makes your whole day go more smoothly!

i didn't do my bed yoga this morning due to kitten time. Dan and I heaped the kittens on the bed and played with them instead. Time well spent! They make me so happy.

So I will go do five minutes of yoga right now!

Lisa, I'd add in Chair Pose. It's pretty much pretending you are sitting in a chair but with your hands over your head.

So i did my five minutes that I would normally have done in bed, and that was nice. I need to work on getting back my good habits. Every time we move our lives (which in the RV now is a lot) I lose all my good routines. I am useless without routines. So five minutes for yoga, and five for meditation, is a good start for me. Plus at least a 15 minutes workout in the evenings.

If anyone has suggestions on keeping routines when you live in a constantly changing environment, I really need some help.



Well, the resort didn't work so we are back in the driveway for another month.

I don't actually want to be a morning person - I like my late nights and i like sleeping in. But sleeping good so i wake up with energy would be a nice thing. I'd love suggestions on that!

Yes definitely it is fine to not be awake in the morning I only wake up about 1pm. But I wake up with energy! So it's good to wake up - whenever you choose to wake up - fresh and ready to take on the day.

If your workouts and practices center around the RV, then it is always there with you!

I wanted to add I am really enjoying my Legs Up the Wall time each day. Or most days. I want it to be a daily habit - it feels great. A nice 20 minutes of reading time.