CENTER YWA January 2023: It's here! Support thread for all

[Sooverthemill]

Yay! It's day 0 and the video is up ( at 6.03 for me). Let's do this! What a lovely gentle way to start. See you all tomorrow when we actually do a little bit of yoga.

Ooh today was Yin! I do love a bit of this but gosh to start with my mind was busy. I struggle to bend my who,e body over, I appear to missed out on the hinge supplied to Adrienne's hips! Happy to have both of one thread but I'm definitely doing CENTER again, it's been so restorative for me

Day 27

Great little session. Found the stretches challenging.

I would love to do center again just to consolidate it and to embed the practice.

Bit concerned about you hosting both, though @Sooverthemill
I find it hard to fit in to the day sometimes, and I'm retired!
We could do center, then move the month after

It took me a bit of time to slow down in yin but enjoyed it by the end. I can't do the bend over your legs thing at all either @Sooverthemill . I sort of end up just leaning. Not even sure what muscle isn't flexible! Can bend well with legs crossed so maybe it's my legs that aren't flexible?

I couldn’t fold either!

i was basically sitting upright!
with a twinge in my thigh and back. I felt so stiff.

My monkey mind would not shut up!

Both move and Center on one thread is fine I think. Everyone is on different days anyway and it’s such a supportive group and the yoga talk flows and helps.

I’ll be doing Center too. I really wasn’t keen at first. But I can feel a shift.

I did day 27 straight after a run, so enjoyed the stretch very much. My mind went all over the place, from work to sock knitting

I did day 26 so late last night that I didn't comment. But my legs felt strangely light in bed (I run quite a bit so they are often tight and heavy) and it obviously did me some good, somehow.

I would like to keep going next month - I don't remember if I even started Move last year (I both started a new job and caught covid in early Jan last year). I think I will redo Centre and then move on to Move later in the year.

This thread is about to fill up. We need a new one to finish Center!

Loved Yin today but I'm a big Yin fan generally. I get so much out of it.

The big trick with leaning over a leg out wide is to really make sure you turn your upper body properly in that direction before you bend. It won't work otherwise.

@Coraline353 how big can a thread get?

I've never done Yin before but I really enjoyed it. I was surprised to see a sphinx in there - I guess I had a very set idea of what yin yoga would be and sphinx wasn't it! But it felt super nice.

1000 posts which is 40 pages on my settings.

Had covid so missed a bit. Did day 24 and 25 today,

So glad of this thread, I think I wouldn't have gone back to it after being ill without you lot!

My right thigh muscle (I’m sure it has a proper name) is KILLING me today!! What did I do to it yesterday?! Looking forward to doing todays practice before bed as it sounds like a nice slow stretchy one

@Sooverthemill I think we need a new thread soon x

@Rummikub It’s amazing isn’t it the unexpected impact of feeling calmer. You are absolutely right

D27, I didn't know what to expect with Yin Yoga, liked holding the stretches, it was nice.

We have 13 posts left! Later Today I will start a new one unless you guys talk a lot

God I love this series! Made harder today by small cat suckling my fingers during child pose. Each movement is so meaningful and deliberate. Fantastic

I think I’m going to repeat Center too but happy to see both Move and Center in the same thread.

Ooh I loved day 28 - freedom. Just felt totally in the zone for it. I think it really helps not doing it first thing as I'm not so stiff and have had a cup of tea! I usually do it straight out if bed and I do it then BECAUSE I'm so stiff but I am stronger and better slightly later in the day.

Hoping the HRT I've just started will ease the stiff, aching joints a bit!

Day 28 a good workout.
I could never have done this sequence before. Feels good.
Yes @Coraline353 HRT has helped me a lot. Hope it helps you.
New thread please little cat mummy!

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