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Goal Post #15 follow up This month has been instructive and humbling. After a bumbled start, I managed to complete every-other practice the rest of the first week. This wasn't bad- more yoga than in the entire month of December and I felt the difference right away. It still wasn't great. My attitude toward yoga was surprisingly hostile considering exercise outside wasn't an option and how much I miss it when I fall out of practice. I caught myself thinking "I don't wanna" on the regular that first week. How much can I miss yoga? Starting in grad school I've had entire dreams about just doing yoga if it's been awhile. My mind will literally try to make up for something my body isn't doing often enough. This also happens with bike rides - I'll have intricate dreams about riding sections of the  monon  and wake up wishing for spring. The second week was much better. I completed almost every practice on time and Nic even joined us one day. M...

Goal Post #15 intention: yoga, part 3 For the first goal post of 2019 I'd like to set expectations. Unlike the previous fourteen goal posts, from now on each month will have one goal with two corresponding posts - an intention and a follow-up. Each monthly goal will either be about adding a positive habit or subtracting something less positive. For example, January will be about practicing yoga more often while February might be about consuming less processed sugar. For my latest yoga goal, I'm participating in another series with the virtual group from July . Predictably, th is first week has been insane. New Year's day I woke up running low on sleep but thinking I could squeeze in a practice before driving ninety minutes to my aunt's. Yeah, that didn't happen. Then I spent the night at my parents. My sister and her family are in town this week, we didn't have any other time together, and I work the closing shift on Wednesdays so I had extra time to get ...

Goal Post #12 y oga, part 2 In July, I joined a group of women for revolution - 31 days of yoga . We were spread all over the world, so it was a virtual gathering. We'd all tackle the same video practice each day then discuss how it went and encourage each other to keep it up. Having made so much progress practicing yoga again consistently , I didn't expect the challenge to be esp ecially demanding. HA! It was much harder than I imagined. The freedom of doing my own poses in my own time made following someone else a chore. The instructor's name is Adriene and I groaned or complained at her more once. Plus I missed being outside in summer weather. Practicing in a park during my lunch breaks definitely helped with the second problem. Some of my most successful sessions were during lunchtime because it was the best of both worlds. Exercising outside can get exciting in work clothes with ants, sudden breezes and heat, but for me it was better than a cramped room. Fu...

Goal Post #9 y oga, part 1 not yoga, but super fun In February I added 5-15 mins of morning yoga and reinstated daily 1 min planks. Now they are a regular part of my exercise routine, I'm not sure how I went without planks. The difference in my core is pretty incredible. A morning workout playlist has been helpful to psych myself up while providing a way to mark time without having to watch a clock. The same actions don't follow a particular song but it's nice to know if I'm almost late for work or have an extra five minutes to play with. Sometimes I mix it up by dancing through the first song, planking and starting yoga in the second. It just depends on the amount of time. The following yoga sequences are listed longest to shortest because they’re all basically the same moves in the same order, I just add or subtract elements as time allows. bouldering! 15 min routine:   Cat cow Dancing cat (7 reps each side) Cat cow again Extended child’s...