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The great yoga adventure

The great yoga adventure

Hi all,

So...somehow I seem to have made myself a deal with @CheerBear that we are both going to venture into the super scary world of yoga next Monday. I'm SCARED!!!! I've been trying to psych myself up to go to a class for about a year and now thanks to a pesky little care bear, it seems like it is going to happen next Monday.

I have my mat and my outfit (and thanks to @Former-Member and @Former-Member I know to wear underpants under yoga pants ). Now I just need to find some courage. Hmmm...courage...I'm sure I have some here SOMEWHERE in my shell...

Only six sleeps away. This sounds way too close. Yep, this little turtle is going to need to do some serious psyching up before next Monday!!! All encouragement is warmly welcome.

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Just a tip @Mazarita, your outward breath should assist you in deepening the pose. You don't have to count during breaths. Just breathe at a comfortable pace. As you hold the pose for longer, you will probably find that your breathing becomes slower and you become more relaxed.

Namaste to you too.

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Thanks, @soul. I appreciate your help. It did feel like the extra stretch happened when I breathed out. I will keep it in mind.

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Good morning everybody, I have already been a child today. I am still bouncing off the walls with the excitement of my big adventure and child-ing super helped me to find my calm a bit. Oh and as an aside, the carpet in the hotel is softer than my carpet at home and it felt super nice standing on my head, on it.

@soul I super love how enthusiastic you are about your yoga adventures.

@Mazarita Hooray for tree number seven!!!!! Here is a super excited tree to help you celebrate.

@Mazarita, as Soul said, you don't need to count your breathing. I think the trick is to be aware of it, focusing on when you are inhaling and exhaling. This is the idea of mindfulness. It bugs me a bit that the concept of mindfulness is the "in" thing in psychology at the moment and thus the term often gets tossed around without being explained well. Being mindful simply means being fully focused on the present moment. In yoga, that means focusing on your breathing and the feel of your own body.

It is really cool that you are noticing that you are less wobbly. I find focusing on my balance super calming (again, because it requires full focus and thus it is technically impossible to be thinking about other things like my muddles).

Ok, well I doubt I will re-appear on here again today, but I look forward to hearing about everybody's efforts at being children. Look @NikNik, we built a kindergarten in Forum Land.

Have fun being children @Mazarita @soul @Former-Member @Former-Member @Shaz51 @CheerBear @TheVorticon @Ant7 @Adge @Former-Member and all those other yogis that I just know I've forgotten. BTW @Mazarita had you really never thought of yogi bear when you heard the term "yogi" before I mentioned it? That makes me giggle a lot, given that every single time I see or hear the word, in my brain I hear yogi bear saying "yogi yogi bear."

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@Anony18
Here is the yoga thread that @Shaz51 and @soul referred to. I am sure @Phoenix_Rising and the yogi bears would love to hear about your goat yoghurt session after you have done it in November.

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Have fun being children --- I did mine today too @Phoenix_Rising

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Glad you are having a great time at your mystery location doing mysterious things @Phoenix_Rising.

I'm looking forward to another yoga class followed by a Mediatation workshop tonight.

Here's to all you people who are children at heart.

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Shaz, looks like we Scottish sisters are going at it at about the same pace. Happy we are both doing this -- me tooo my scottish sister @Mazarita

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Thanks @Former-Member! Will definitely let you know. I sign up to pilates membership for 6 mths. Not yoga though haha

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Hi everyone 👋💟

Yes, I've been a child every day @Phoenix_Rising 😂👍
The bones in my knees hurt when I do the pose, not sure why. Never used to.

Super duper to hear you've been on an adventure. 💟

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@Former-Member use a blanket under your knees or double your mat over so you have double under your knees
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