April yoga consistency

Happy May Day everybody, good luck with you practices this month 💐

@Pinkfluffypencilcase I’ve decided to do Center this month. I’ll be back tonight once I’ve completed Day 1.

Yay well done @YogaFlow 🎉

I must admit I’ve never got to day 30. I always swerve it.

What’s your plan next?

Hurrah, I thought I'd killed the thread 😀
@Trickedbyadoughnut and @Pinkfluffypencilcase I'm glad my posting is helpful, I'd be an avoider too without this thread.

I've done it, 30 days of Flow, and I overall I loved it, except today. I really didn't like the practice without Adriene verbally guiding us, I thought I was going to get a cricked in my neck trying to look at what she was doing.

Agree. It helps massively. Left to my own devices I’d be an avoider.

This thread bumped me back into consistency - I have been gradually working through Flow, and have been doing post run and bedtime yoga, and sometimes the back videos, every day, so even though I'm not pushing myself as much as I would with Flow every day, I'm really pleased to find that consistency again after illness :)

Serves me right for trying to post whilst laying down!

I meant keep posting!

Please keep
pistong! It really helps to read and motivate.

day 13 today. V pleased that it started on your back. But it continued all on back.but I liked it.

there’s a thread in yoga somewhere asking how to do crow. That’s not the feet up is it?

Flow Day 29, the penultimate day. I wasn’t feeling it at all and it was probably my worst day. I had a really busy day at work and I’m very tired and hungry. But I did it. Fingers crossed that I’m more into it tomorrow.

Oh, and I don’t understand how crow pose works, I read about it yesterday, and it made sense, but actually doing it is another matter 😆

Flow Day 28 done - but I failed at crow pose, but it's another thing to aim for. Nearly at the end of the 30 days.

Day 27 completed as soon as I got in from work. I've been shattered all day and it was then or never.
I did a shoulder stand, of sorts, but it wasn't achieved by contracting my stomach muscles, but with leg momentum. I'm so glad I did it. I'm off to bed now and hope to feel less tired tomorrow.

I hope you're all doing ok 🙏

I feel the need to keep posting, as I could give up easily but I'm determined to stay accountable.

Day 26, another good practice, and another thing I can't do from frog pose, spring up off the floor a little and back down again. Erm, no, my body isn't able to do that 🐸😆

@YogaFlow that’s a win!

and yes you’re right turning up and trying is good enough.

@Pinkfluffypencilcase Modifying and skipping meant you didn't give up, well done!

Yesterday, day 24, was the first day that I wished the practice was longer. Today however, Day 25, I was convinced it would be ending soon but it went on and on, but I did it!

I also felt a yoga benefit today, I was sitting on the edge of the bed and I could easily put my heel on the edge of the bed to cut my toenails over the bin. Normally I would groan and find it it uncomfortable - but not today. Whoop!

Day 12 of flow.
I almost gave up. I’m so stiff after a few days off and I modified pretty much everything and skipped a lot!

@Yogachick I hope True is a good plan for you. Any yoga is good yoga.
I had a long tough day at work, got home at 18.40, got changed and was straight on the mat for day 23. It was so hard, but I enjoyed it and it got work out of my head.

Agree!! Amazing achievement

Ha ha, I know! It's my way of staying accountable. If I don't do the day on the date, I will easily give up, which I can't do as I have aged dramatically in the past two years, I'm feeling old, heavy, tired, inflexible and achy. I'm really concerned that if I don't grasp the chance to improve things now, it will only get harder and it could really affect my mobility.

Day 22 complete. At the beginning of the practice when I was emptying my thoughts, I started thinking about what programme to do next.
I've also realised that my balance on my left leg is worse than my right, and tree pose is impossible 😆

@Yogachick so glad to hear bad yogi is helping your back. Long may it continue.

Day 21 finished,

@YogaFlow youve done good!
And thanks for that description. I’ll try that.

I’ve skipped today.

@Midlifeshenanigans
@Yogachick

how you getting on?

Sorry for not posting, I'm still keeping up and have done days 17, 18, 19 and day 20 today. Today was challenging in a way and I think my hips will ache tomorrow - but it felt good.
@Pinkfluffypencilcase I think the one leg, bend forward was what I did yesterday, I was dreadful on my left leg.
I've been trying to think how to describe the forward fold, and I think I've come up with a different way of describing it. If you are in frog pose, start to straighten you legs and put your heels down, your tail bone will lift, keep the knees very bent, with your finger tips on the floor and feel your tummy lean on your thighs - if you then move your feet closer together, this should give you the tipped hip shape. Keep your legs bent - Adrienne often says this, but not every time. I sometimes straighten my legs more, but always with a bent knee. If there are a lot of forward folds in a session, I can relax into the pose more with each breath, I hope you can understand what I mean.

Day 10yesterday though I skipped half
day 11 today nice and short at 16 mins
including pigeon which I really wanted to do after seeing on an ad.
left easier than right. Right ouch!