Dedicate thread 2 and onwards. Yoga support thread.

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It's day 23 and there are just 7 days of Dedicate left. Well done yogis for getting onto the mat in your own way and at your own pace. We’re here to support each other as we yoga to the end of Dedicate, through to Feb and beyond.
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Link to Thread 1:
Dedicate: 30 days of Yoga with Adriene
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/yoga/3464159-dedicate-30-days-of-yoga-with-adrienee

Completed day 26 with DD attempting to do it too. Those side hip dips are a killer and I totally collapsed into the mat on each one 🙈

Day 26 done, the lizard twists were tricky but I think I liked them and I needed to sit on my block in cow legs, it was an OK day.

Day 26 done. I did not enjoy that - was basically a sequence of all the ways my body doesn't bend but I gave it a go at least.

Ha! Me too piglet!

I feel like a hippo with the staggers next to Adrienne :)

I enjoyed Day 26, despite how short it was. I'm going to revisit it - I ran a 1/2 marathon this morning and my left knee is a bit temperamental, so those dip things were a bit beyond me! Loved the squats though.

Haha destiel, excellent image!

Day 26 was twisty! I found the side dips hard and got into a bit of a knot trying to do the rotation. It was nice to have something a bit different though.

Adriene has so many outfits, she must have literally hundreds of pairs of leggings and tops. I liked the teal green ones she wore for Day 21 Light which I finally managed to squeeze in today.

Tomorrow I plan to do Day 26 and 27 together.

Days 25 and 26 done. That was hard - my hips are way too tight for those side dips! I ended up in a tangle and a half. Needed the time on the mat though, had some bad family news yesterday and a poorly DS to boot, so a bit of time to just focus was welcome.

Day 26 done. A bit of a shock to the system after the slow days of late but I think I enjoyed it

I found the second side of the cow legs very tricky on my hip but loved the first side.

Sadly accurate piglet :)

Caught up with 24, 25 and 26 today, they were all quite short so it was still less than an hour but very enjoyable. I enjoyed the balances and the cow legs, did NOT enjoy the lizards and the side-dip things, but I suppose that means I should persist with them, argh.

Can't believe it's less than a week to go! Thank you quirkychick for the Yin video recommendation, that sounds good for a tired day. Hope you feel better soon.

Just did 25 and 26 today, so nearly caught up again, yay!

Those hip dips were weird, never done anything like them before. Really liked the gate move/pose though.

Trying to decide whether to do my normal class tonight or tomorrow...they're both really strong practices, but the Monday one works on a monthly theme, and this month's has been really tough but great - the one legged squat balance with the other leg resting on your knee is part of it actually, so at least that one was manageable today!

Back to Yoga for when you're sick here. I do feel better when I've done it. Fed up with feeling achy and tired. I added a cow legs in solidarity with everyone else and a much needed stretch, but agree it can take some practice!

@quirkychick I added a cow legs in solidarity with everyone else Where else could you say that but on a yoga thread

Day 27 done here, it's longer (yay) and some good stretches, there is quite a bit on the wrists and down dogs for anyone struggling with that.

Has anyone done day 27 yet?

Ha! Great x post!

Yes found some bits hard.

AugustRose I'm sure there's lots of other weird sentences you could make with yoga poses.

Just done day 27! It's better as it's longer and more poses. However!! Wow I couldn't do the one legged splits for very long. She had me laughing at trying to put one knee in the other in this pose! I felt like the videos had gone from 0 to 60 without building the strength for that over the last 27 days! My legs were on fire!
Anyone else feel the same? Would have liked to have been building up to this more so I could actually manage it on the last day or something!

On another note my YouTube starting playing the next video automatically which is the science behind yoga. Very nice video. I am finding I have bought the breathing into my day to day life when feeling under pressure or when I have mild panic attacks during the night/ when I wake first thing in the morning. Also I love the phrase 'lead with the heart' which I say in my mind sometimes too.

Day 27 done! Back on target after several days of playing catch up and not feeling very zen about it so today was nice. It’s one of the ones that’s not easy to follow from just her voice though, I had to keep looking up (usually whilst in a position really not conducive to doing so) and ended up standing while she was lying down at one point. Feeling a lot better after feeling pretty blah all day though.

There was a point in one of her earlier videos this month where she said something along the lines of regular yoga practise doing something to you that can’t really be explained but basically making you feel better about yourself. You don’t have to be good at it for it to happen, it just does. And it really has for me this January.

By the by - as Adriene tends to do the final 30 days practice as a free style thing, which is not something I enjoy, has anyone got any recs for another of her practices to replace it? Preferably in the 30-40 minute bracket so I’d watch the begining of day 30, then switch to another session and then switch back to the end of day 30.

@Talisin you could try Day 17 or 20 or 21 of Adriene's original 30 Days series. I love day17, it's all about Happiness. All three of these reds are 30 - 30 mins long each, so hopefully helpful as a subs for the freestyle if that's not your bag x

Yay, I'm up to date, I did yesterday's Drop Day 26 and today's Power Day 27 sessions back to back, took around 53 mins total. I've noticed my stamina has increased, and I can finally do the "bringing foot forward from down dog into lunge" reasonably smoothly now.

I think my standing splits started OK but gradually deteriorated as my standing leg got tired, and it ended up like a rough version of Benji pee'ing up the wall hey ho all in a day's yoga

Sorry I meant to type 'rec's"