Steady, Steady...

At the beginning of the week, tried to do too many things in one day. Left rock climbing and headed to yoga but when I arrived, the class was already in savasana so I retreated.


The next time that I practiced yoga was on Thursday at home but, now, I prefer practicing in a class but getting in some practice was better than none.

Last night was kind of lick my wounds night since it was a crazy week so I was glad that I was able to pull myself together and get out the house by 10:30 so that I could make it to Anna’s class.

I decided to leave my hot yoga towel in the car because I wanted to see how my new mat handled asanas. I slid so much in downward facing dog that, at one point, I thought it would be nice to have my rock climbing chalk.

Despite that distraction of sliding all over the place, I still enjoyed class and feel more balanced than I’ve felt in the last couple of days.

Regaining Balance and Color by Balancing

Who Let The Junk Out?

If the hips are the junk drawer of the body, my drawer is less cluttered.

Went to Anna’s class and we sat in easy pose, got still, stretched our sides then warmed up our spines before doing the sun salutation A and B series.

While we were in lizard pose, Anna reminded us to breathe since we were in a deep hip opener.

During Warrior Two, Anna said there’s a lot going on… Tell me about it since my hips always want to open up instead of squaring off towards the front. Oh well, guess there’s always something to work on…

I had been thinking about visiting my brother and finally made up my mind. Stopped by Trader Joe’s and Pets Mart – to pick up a feeder for fish then went home, purchased a ticket ( $13 dollars more expensive than the previous day), let my climbing peeps know that, alas, they would have to climb without me. Next, I contacted Hazira to see if she would take me to the train station. Thanks!

Half of my carry-on had clothes and the other half had food. The hardest part of packing was deciding what food to take.

Nut Butters Travel So Well

My first train trip was interesting. Funny people. Drunk people. Nice people. When we stopped in Hermann, MO (where we picked up the drunk people), I thought about this therapist that I know who used to live there. She is a role model, of sorts, when it comes to self-care.

Speaking of self-care, the acupuncture treatment that I had the other day worked wonders.

Fun-ish or Month-End Review, June

Went to my treadmill and elliptical gym this morning to practice yoga. This is the second time that I've attended Anna's class and she is in love with vinyasa flow. It's chaturanga this and chaturanga that...Although, she always gives you the option to go straight to downward facing dog. Anna talked "us" through tortoise pose. It's a fun...ish pose, she said but did concede that she probably had an easier time getting into it because her arms are long. When I think about it, most of the activities that I'm involved in have elements of fun-ishness and hellishness; guess you can have everything...

5 Day Get Fit Mix

Cardio Kickboxing, 3 x's

Power Yoga, 1 x

10 Minute Solution: Rapid Results fat burner

Power Sports Drill, 1 x

Bicycling, 2 x's

Boxing

Give Me 10!

Bonus Kettlebell Tone Up, 1 x

Cardio Fat Blaster, 1 x

Kettlebell Class Practice, 3 x's

Personal Training with Jackie: Power Circuit Training

15-Minute Total Body Circuit

Rock Climbing, 3 x's

Swimming, 8 x's

Walking, 9 x's

Yoga, 10 x's

How would you describe your workouts?