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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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Haha @TheVorticon - you seem to have a knack for sorting out and making sense of my really important puzzles here, that make no sense to me (or anyone else)!

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That was about it @soul haha.

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Good evening everybody, I have bridged today, have you? I also bridged yesterday, but I missed Friday. It sounds like we have built LOTS of bridges in Forum Land this week. Thanks to @CheerBear, we even have an extra special one that opens to let boats through.
I wonder how @Adge has been going at his yoga retreat {waves to Adge}. I super can't wait to hear all about it.
By popular demand, it seems that the pose for the coming week will be Sleeping Beauty Pose. I definitely think that name is an improvement on the current one. I think it was you who thought of it wasn't it @Adge??? I wonder whether we are going to be able to convince @TheVorticon to be Sleepy Beauty. Methinks he may decide to stick with the original name, or maybe come up with his own.
Anyway, I will hunt out a video and we can get started on being Sleepy Beauty tomorrow.
Happy yoga-ing.

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Yeah nah, I'm not going to be Sleeping Beauty @Phoenix_Rising! 😉 I'm going to call it "Dreamer's Pose" so I'll be dreaming next week. 🙂

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Went to a late Sunday afternoon Yin class. It was very popular but I got there early and staked my claim. I have a favourite spot in the room. We didn't Bridge 😱so I did the pose when I got home.

Do you think we need to offer incentives again @Phoenix_Rising? The pose itself isn't demanding. In fact it's very relaxing and I reckon people could even do it in their sleep 😆😆😆😆😆

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I can't take the credit for the sleeping Beauty pose name @Phoenix_Rising. Though I think that's a great name.
There's been no phone reception at the yoga retreat place. So I couldn't check in or read posts.
I'm back home Monday afternoon - so maybe things will be back to normal then.
Although that's a bit sad, because I've never done anything like this yoga retreat before.
It's pretty full-on but great.
Maybe I'll come back as a new person - that would be nice.
Adge

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Hello @Phoenix_Rising

I have found my way across to the great yoga adventure, as you suggested. I am not the most flexible person in the world but I love the space to breath and the stillness.

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Good afternoon everybody,

Welcome to the beginning of a new week here in yoga group. By the way, do people have a preference for group vs class vs club vs some completely different term???

This week, by popular demand we are doing Sleeping Beauty pose. Hmmm, apparently it wasn't @Adge that came up with the name, maybe it was @soul??? I can't remember (and I'm way too lazy to go back and check). Anyway, whoever it was solved the puzzle of how it was that we could do this pose for the week despite its less-than-ideal real name. At least, they solved the puzzle for everyone except @TheVorticon, but he solved the puzzle in his own way so all is well.

Here is how to do Sleeping Beauty pose / Dreamer's pose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc-38vuwE1Y

I am super excited to see @Former-Member here. I super hope you are going to join in the great yoga adventure @Former-Member.

Now...where is my list of people to harrass encourage:

@soul @TheVorticon @Shaz51 @Sans911 @Maggie @Ant7 @Adge @Mazarita @CheerBear @Amour_Et_Psyché @Anony18 @Rockpool @River9 @Chamomile @Lauz @5-HT @frog @Former-Member

And maybe some new people? Hello @Former-Member @ideaslady @complexity @h-j-k. I thought I'd just check in and see if you would like to be a part of the most peculiar yoga group in the world.

And now...just because I am amazingly nice, I decided that everyone who bridged at least once last week deserved a reward. Please come and accept your rewards:

@Anony18

@Former-Member

@Adge

@Former-Member

@Shaz51

@Former-Member

@TheVorticon

@CheerBear

@soul

@soul received an extra large cake for being such a super dedicated yogi.

Phew, well I'm worn out from baking all those cakes. I super hope you like them and I superly duperly hope I didn't miss anyone! I am looking forward to filling up Forum Land with sleeping beauties and dreamers this week (I think I might join you in being a dreamer @TheVorticon).

Happy yoga-ing.

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Hello @Phoenix_Rising

This looks like a form of yoga I can manage! Especially if there is yummy cake at the end of it, thank you.

Take care, MummaMia

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