Revisiting the 30 Day Yoga Challenge

Today I went back to my yoga mat for the first time in almost a month!

I have such a bad habit of leaving things by the wayside even if they benefit me and I genuinely enjoy them. Life happens and my happy habits drift into oblivion.

The 30 day yoga challenge was something I started back in May (you can see this post here) when I was feeling a little uncomfortable with how much I had let my fitness go (I'm seeing a pattern here, are you?) It's something that's really easy to get into even if you're a complete beginner so I would truly recommend checking out the DoYouYoga.com YouTube channel; it's a great place to start!

On another note I started Insanity yesterday too. I understand why it's called Insanity now! I wish I could say that I was fit or superhuman enough to have gotten through the full 45 minutes but sadly I had to stop at 25 minutes out of real fear of throwing up on myself. My limit was pushed! Even though I didn't make it to the end, it's a stepping stone and I'm really happy that I even got that far.  Later I'll do the next video :)

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Finding a Rhythm

Today I realised that it's been a little while since I posted an update on my Yoga practice. Well...let's just say that although I've been trying to keep active every day, my energy levels have been pretty low. A mix of hot and humid weather, too many evening shifts and trying to eat right but not allowing myself enough time to prepare healthy food meant that I found myself in a funk for awhile.

But then I started running and everything started to fall back into place again.

I've started small: Power walk 10 minutes, run 4 minutes, rest 2 minutes, run 4 minutes, Power walk home and streeeetch. My first goal is to run 5k!

I can't tell you how good it feels to have started running again. The freedom and power it gives you is immense and after a good stretch, I felt like a new woman!

So now I've worked running into my fitness plan, I've started to find a rhythm which goes something like this:

Day 1 - Run

Day 2 - 10 min abs & restorative yoga (Empower practice)

Day 3 - Heart I yoga (Empower practice)

Day 4 - Run

Day 5 - 10 min butt & restorative yoga (Empower practice)

Day 6 - Strength I yoga (Empower practice)

Day 7 - Run

Day 8 - 10 min abs & restorative yoga (Empower practice)

Day 9 - Heart II yoga (Empower practice)

Day 10 - Run

Day 11 - 10 min butt & restorative yoga (Empower practice)

Lather, rinse, repeat!

Empower is a 30 day yoga challenge by Yoga with Adriene. Check out her Youtube channel here.

She is seriously amazing! 

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