daily yoga

[beachlass]

 Got a favorable response from other folks who are interested in supporting each other in getting back to more daily practice. 

My suggestion is that we aim for a post each day, whoever is able to put one up does so, and then others can chime in with how they're doing in the comments..  

Something hat I think will help me is to acknowledge the hard stuff (my edge), and give myself credit for my "success". I'm going to call those a "lotus" to start out, because I'm cheesy. :P And for me, I think I'm going to divide yhose out between poses and practice.  

/process. And pleasenforgive my writing, I'm touchtyping on a tablet, and it's a bit maddening. 

So my practice lotus today was that I practiced for a full 45 min. I followed a morning dvd routine for beginners, and it was just right
My practice edge was a lack of focus, I kept wanting to pause the dvd, and get a glass of water, but I stuck through.
My pose edge was how stiff I was doing a hamstring stetch.
My pose lotus was that because I was stiff, I paid a lot of attention to my alignment in warrior pose, 

Comments

[foxfirefey]

I'm kind of intrigued by the thing you're doing at the end--do you have any more references on the practice/pose edge/lotus thing?

[beachlass]

Honestly, it's a combination of a few things...

bedtime at kids summer camp when everyone shares a rose and a thorn from their day (good/bad part)

refocusing my awareness on staying with the growing edge of my practice, rather than "succeeding" at a pose

acknowledging something that I'm struggling with and letting go of it; like with intrusive thoughts during meditation

explicitly taking time to acknowledge accomplishing good things (this is an ongoing piece of therapy work for me, naming being good at something, even small things, rather than dwelling on perceived failures)

[alexseanchai]

I dunno what you mean by 'edge' and 'lotus' but I did cat pose into down dog and some sun salutations, for the first time in...an embarrassingly long time. Stiff as all hell, but I feel good now.

[beachlass]

Hooray for picking back up and feeling good!