Yoga Session

Good morning ...I know its been ages since my last blog..and yes I've missed you all...

The reason???? 

My yoga course. Its taking up all my spare time...

and of course Xmas...( hope yours has been amazing )

Yoga Time

Havnt done yoga for a couple of days so looking forward to this.

little bit stiff this morning, probably slept awkward so bit tense in the shoulders, so 

hopefully this yoga session will help.

started on knees and deep inhale arms above head and then exhale in to childs pose ..

staying here for a couple of breaths, getting into the present moment… slowly 

connecting to the present moment, taking time to relax into the mat. ( my type of class)

rounding up into cat/cow for 2 and back to balasana and then repeat to cat cow …

warming the spine and shoulders…. slowly pushing up into half dog, stretching the arms

 and warming the joints.

We repeat this several times just coming into half dog with knees bent, allowing our 

bodies to warm and flex.

Back to all 4s and into cat cow then pushing up to downward facing dog… pushing 

through the shoulders and peddling out the heels..1st one then the other… holding here 

for 4 breaths.

then stepping feet to hands into forward fold from hips taking time to flex wrists…

Coming to table top with hands on shins, lengthening neck and spine…holding for 

2 breaths then back to forward fold for 2 breaths.

Repeating this for 3 sequences…flowing smoothly.

Then into low lunge raising arms up above head into small back bend for 2 breaths.  from here with front leg straight back leg, knee on floor, lower body over front leg and 

reach toward ankle…hold for a count of 2 breaths..strengthening calf and hamstrings. 

return to low lunge and repeat on opposite leg.

then return to forward fold….calves/hamstrings warm and stretched.

We repeated this for 6 sessions, getting deeper into the stretch each time and flowing 

more smoothly from one pose to the next.

by the end of this I was very warm and my body felt energised and tingly.

I love this feeling, it makes me feel like I am working hard.

We moved onto 8 rounds of sun sals.  I love doing the sun salutations.  It is something I 

am very familiar with hence I am able to focus on my breath…inhaling/exhaling, one 

breath for one move…. without having to pay too much attention to my teacher.

This makes the flow smoother.

Each round gives me an opportunity to get deeper into the stretch and to get the posture better.

we then rested for a couple of minutes in childs pose, relaxing completely.

Time for some seated twists, an opportunity to twist and massage our internal organs.  

This is fantastic for our digestive system and helps to beat bloat, especially as we don’t 

really get an opportunity to twist our bodies much in a normal day ( unless you are a 

dancer or fitness instructor )

And also an ideal time to do it when the body is warm.

we moved onto some seated wide legged forward folds

 ( which I am useless at!! ) diagram to right shows how it should look !!! lol

 but I do persevere and do as best as I can, but it is definitely not one of my favourites!

Then onto supine spinal twist, which I enjoy doing, again

 fantastic for

massaging internal organs and strengthening abs/obliques.

And we are already in a laying down position…so brings us 

nicely into savasana….AND BREATHE   ( for 10 mins )

feeling relaxed/energised/calm/relaxed….