I love yoga, I truly do. Sometimes I think I love it more than running, but to be good requires a lot more dedication. I wish I got the chance to do it more often. I am very lucky that a truly talented teacher works at my gym on Sundays.  She led a great 75 min power yoga class this morning and there is no better way to start the week if you ask me.  I got to hit some of my favorite poses:

Half Pigeon, for you runners out there, this is the best hip opener, I always feel so much looser and more limber after a good minute or two in this pose on each side.


And Wheel. I can’t do headstands, but I love arching my back as far as I can and getting into a good solid Wheel. Bridge is good too. I don’t have enough arm strength to hold this pose for very long, but I get better each time.  For some reason this pose always makes me think of being a little kid and doing back bends in gymnastics classes.


Also I learned something interesting from this particular teacher that I never knew before. Whenever I would do downward dog I would work really hard to make as much space as possible between my hands and feet and really stretch my body down.  But she said that you should be able to go from table top (all fours) right up into down dog without moving your hands or feet in order to do the pose correctly.  So, that was a big change for me and I am working to perfect my down dog.



In the new year I really hope to fit in yoga 3 times a week. That’s a big leap because at best I’ve done it once a week, but its something that makes me happy.  When I leave a yoga class I feel truly relaxed and I genuinely feel good about myself.  Yoga makes me feel pretty, that may sound kind of stupid, but I bet some of you can relate.  It teaches you to appreciate your body and what it can do for you.  I am not the religious type, I don’t really pray, but I love taking the time in Savasana to really meditate on all the good things in my life. Its easy to take for granted that you have a home, a nice husband with a job, a beautiful healthy baby girl.  Those 5 mins of acting like a corpse let me reflect and thank the universe.

How about your bloggy friends, do any of you do yoga? How often? What’s your favorite pose?

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