donna Re: I exercised today! Dance the Chakras

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donna,

most of the quick fixes is breathing and those kundalini arm/hand

motions. i'm so bad!! i just ordered dr yoga house call. house call

has a set called flexible & free--i want to see if this will improve

the flexibility of my joints as i'm begining my exercising again.

think i have to control my spending--do ravi and ana have a workout

for that, lol!!

stacey

>

> Hi!

>

> I was in bed at 7:15 last night and asleep by 8 - I

> slept until DD got up at 5 (She's back on that kick,

> she has been going to bed by 7, but I wish I could get

> her to stay up until 8 and get up at 6 instead - I

> guess that will come eventually when the time

> changes??!! It isn't too bad b/c now she is old enough

> to entertain herself/watch a movie while I workout -so

> it isn't bad). Anyway, when she got up I felt like I

> was well enough to do a workout so after setting her

> up with a snack and a movie I did Dance the Chakras by

> Ana Brett/Ravi Singh.

>

> The first part of the DVD is a Kundalini yoga practice

> - I don't have a whole lot of experience with this

> type of yoga but it seemed to be in line with what I

> have seen before! It was good and " different " from

> the yoga I normally do. With Kundalini I always feel

> very awake. I do admit, that for a type-A personality

> like mine, it is a bit of a culture shock now and

> again - but I do enjoy the change of pace and it

> probably is just what my Type A self needs every now

> and again.

>

> The second half of the DVD is more of a free-form

> dance section - Ana is on-screen (as she always is)

> and both she and Ravi provide cues via voice-over).

> In this section Ana does give general direction on how

> to move, but it really is a " put your own style/heart "

> into it kinda thing.

>

> At the end there is relaxation and chanting.

>

> I liked it for its difference from what I normally do

> - although, as I said, my rigid-Type A self does have

> trouble adjusting at times to these very new-agey

> styles - but, it is probably somethingt that is good

> for me to do once in awhile. It is one that I will

> need to do ALONE because I'm sure there would be

> plenty of comments from the peanut gallery (DH) on

> this one! He's even more type A than me!

>

> Between this one and the Yoga Beauty Body, I think I

> liked Yoga Beauty Body better as it was more

> straightforward Kundalini - but this one is nice and

> versatile - it is well chaptered and even has a

> " matrix " to build your own practice. The straight

> Kundalini yoga part is 30 minutes, so it would be good

> to do on a time crunched day. Overall, I really like

> the Ana and Ravi DVDs and I'm happy to have

> re-discovered Kundalini as an option for yoga.

>

> Oh, I think I have found the biggest source of my back

> woes - it is INACTIVITY. Since I was sick I took two

> rest days and on the first day my back felt great, by

> yesterday, it was so tight - same for today. I did

> primary back stretch twice this morning and I'm

> hopeful that the Kundalini yoga helped to stretch it

> out, too. I guess it is good that I have one more

> reason to keep working out - keep that back pain away.

>

> And, now that I'm feeling better, I'm thinking I can

> suck it up and finish P90X this month. I think I only

> have 16 workouts left to do. That isn't bad.....And,

> it will give me time to think about what I want to

> start doing in February.

>

> Take care!

>

> Donna

>

>

>

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