The great yoga adventure

Yes I did child's pose in class on Thursday, & again several times this morning (in class)...

At least that's several child's poses done for this week...

Adge

You'll be getting a shirt then @Adge, definitely.

I did a Yang to Yin class this afternoon. We start off quite energetically and then move on to deeper poses that are held for longer. Only five students so that was good. Lots of child poses for me too.

Not familiar with the Tibetan 5 Rites @Adge. Must look that up. We do a lot of series of poses in the Yang part though. Also in Flow classes.

Good evening everybody, I have been a child today, have you? I have been a child every day this week, I just haven't had a chance to jump on here and report in. My big adventure of secret turtle business really filled up my week!

@soul I super can't wait for the presentation of child-pose inspired shirts tomorrow. I want the tee-shirt version.

@Adge it sounds like you are getting a shirt too - yay!

And I guess @soul you will have to present your own shirt to yourself.

I wonder how many days @TheVorticon ended up being a child for this week???

@Anony18 it is super nice to see you here in our yoga group. Thank you for posting the link about the difference between yoga and pilates.

@soul I really liked the article you posted about yoga too. Here it is again for anyone who missed it: http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-09-16/yoga-a-beginner-guide/8656236?pfmredir=ms You see @Shaz51, @Mazarita and anyone else who frets about not doing yoga "right". There is no "right".

So...what pose are we going to do this coming week? @soul I know you were thinking you would like to do bridge pose. There are different versions of that aren't there, ranging from not so tricky to a bit more tricky? I don't want to scare people away from having a go, by suggesting anything too difficult. I'm pretty sure there is a variety of bridge poses.

Anyway, I have to keep moving through Forum Land because it is almost already time for me to jump off the computer for the night. Happy yoga-ing.

The Bridge pose sounds good. Or my favourite, the shoulder-stand...

Adge

My yoga class today was packed. Never seen so many people. Sometimes we only have five or six students and I like that so much better.

It was @Former-Member who posted the ABC article on yoga. I can't take credit for that. Yes, it is very informative.

Tee shirt, single, sweatshirt presentation tomorrow. A very exciting occasion no doubt.

I reckon we could go with the Bridge Pose. There are a few variations so should be suitable for everyone. Don't know about the handstand @Adge. That's a bit ambitious.

Thanks for continuing this wonderful thread @Phoenix_Rising.

Oopsy @Former-Member sorry for muddling you up with @soul.

@soul I think @Adge suggested a shoulder stand, not a handstand...but it may still be a little ambitious. How about tomorrow morning I will suss out bridge poses, and then for next week we can think about possible less-tricky alternatives to go with the shoulder pose for the following week? I wonder how many poses there are in yoga. I'm thinking about a bazillion. Do you think we will be able to maintain our momentum long enough to get through all of them in our pose-for-a-week challenges.

Ha - I remember doing shoulder stands in my younger days and adding in the bicycle movement as well. Just remembered that @Phoenix_Rising@Adge

Good morning everybody.

Happy yoga day @CheerBear!!!

@soul I am super excited about getting my child-pose shirt today. I wonder if @Zoe7 might be able to make a picture of me wearing it after I get it.

So...this week, by popular demand, we are doing bridge pose. Here is how to do bridge pose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY9TLhKIQdE

@Adgeand @soul bridge pose turned out to not be as scary as I thought it was. The other week in my yoga class, we did what my teacher called "full bridge pose." However, cruising around the internet this morning, it seems that what she called full bridge pose is generally called wheel pose. So that's what I had in my head yesterday when I was saying that bridge pose might be a bit too tricky.

I'm super hoping that everyone will have a go at being a bridge this week, but remember, it is super ok to not be able to do it - we can always do with more trees in Forum Land.

Alright everybody, let's get to work building bridges. Hey @NikNik, we are building bridges in Forum Land...that sounds deep.

I plan to be a different bridge every day. Today I am going to be the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Hmmm...who can I harrass encourage to be a bridge this week.

@soul @TheVorticon @Shaz51 @Sans911 @Maggie @Ant7 @Adge @Mazarita

@BlueBay @CheerBear @Anony18 @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member.

And maybe some new people? Who haven't I harrassed encouraged to come yoga-ing with me before... @Bubbles3 @frog @Former-Member @Former-Member @outlander @Former-Member @Pepsimax. Hee hee, I want to build LOTS of bridges in Forum Land.

Happy yoga-ing.