Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Habits

The yoga training I am currently enrolled in requires 60 hours of assisting. It's actually a total of 120 hours, because you have to take a class and then assist. This sounds easy, but it's not. With a child it's hard due to child care issues and lack of sleep. I attempted to assist and take every day for the week, but my body was so out of shape I was starting to get a little sick.

I'm never sick. I get sick maybe once a year, if that. I think all of the sugar that I consume keeps the bacteria distracted in my visceral region. That's probably why it's so large. It's from swelling, not fat.

There are only thirty more assists, or sixty more classes, that I need before I can finish my training. I love it. I don't love leaving my child to a day care of a caregiver other than myself, but it' only for a few hours a day, and I really need to finish this training before the end of the year or else it will be obsolete.

My personal yoga practice has improved greatly, while my teaching has suffered. The original flow and command I had for my class was affected by the new influences of yoga that were introduced. Finding my flow is not as easy as it was when I didnt know as much. Now I do yoga daily, not as long as I'd like, but I do it. I'm trying to increase the 15 minutes to 30. The sequence is faster, and requires more poses. This is my planned thirty minute Yoga sequence:

 Surya namaskara A 5x

  1. Tadasana
  2. forward fold
  3. half forward fold
  4. forward fold
  5. chaturanga
  6. updog
  7. downdowg
Surya namaskara B 5x

  1. tadasana
  2. chair
  3. forward fold
  4. half forward fold
  5. chaturanga
  6. up dog
  7. downdog
  8. warrior one
  9. chaturanga
  10. updog
  11. downdog
  12. warrior one other leg
  13. chaturanga
  14. updog
  15. downdog
  16. half forward fold
  17. forward fold
  18. chair
  19. tadasana
vinyasa
Warrior one
warrior two
reverse warrior
warrior two
triangle
warrior one
high lunge

vinyasa
repeat other side
vinyasa to standing

chair
eagle
chair
tadasana
dancers pose both sides
squat
crow

vinyasa
table top
half bow pose right leg/left hand
cat cow
half bow pose left leg/righthand
cat cow
come down to seated
marichi pose both sides
butterfly
forward fold
fish
five minutes of savahsana

I will attempt this daily and see how it goes. It's a little different from the shorter sequence but it includes more arms. 

The assessment has been scheduled for next month. Lets hope I lose a little fat before then. Crossing my fingers!


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