Yoga sunday

This morning I did a yoga session. I used to do yoga every Sunday (or nearly every Sunday) but lately I've fallen out of the habit. It's probably been a good 3 months since I've done yoga. And I know how badly my rigid, inflexible self needs yoga.

Well I'm happy to report that I did really well for being so out of practice. I have not lost what little flexibility I had before, and it would seem my strength and endurance has actually improved. My body was pretty stiff from not having done much yoga or flexibility work, so this really helped to loosen everything up. To be clear - this yoga workout is NO joke. It's the original P90X "Yoga X" - 1.5 hours of Ashtanga yoga. Very fast moving and intense stuff. I felt really strong the whole time, aside from Twisting Triangle and Right Angle poses - those 2 are hard for me, and Right Angle is just not fun for my right hip. I gave it my all during this workout and it felt wonderful. The amount of sweat coming off of me was ridiculous. Partly because I haven't installed a ceiling fan in my gym room yet. I was able to make it through the winter without a fan and just opening the window, but a ceiling fan is gonna have to happen within the next month or so.

Oh, and I'm getting closer to being able to do Crane pose - one of my 14 in 14 goals!

My stupid tight hip feels much better after all that. Hopefully a once a week yoga session will fix whatever's wrong with it.

After yoga I talked to my dad and some of my relatives - he's up in Cincinnati visiting his brother and sister - then went out for a walk and enjoyed the beautiful day. I feel very accomplished, and fully content to be lazy for the rest of the day!