I exercised today! Dance the Chakras

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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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