CENTER 3: getting ourselves on the mat one day at a time in March

[Sooverthemill]

Hi everyone. This is the new thread for yoga with Adrienne devotees trying to do a daily practice based on Center ( or Move, or Home, or True…). A friendly thread to hang out and boost each other.

@Sooverthemill hope you're shoulder is doing ok.

I've still kept up with daily yoga - I'm so pleased and definitely feeling stronger and more flexible. I'm so proud that I've managed this!

I finished Move the other day. I'm just going to pick random practices to do for the rest of the month and then rejoin you all in April. But I'm going to make sure that I don't only end up doing easy ones. Yesterday I did Yoga Joy from the March calendar, which was really good.

Still going.

Day 21 center.

The side planks were brief!

A few days under the weather has left me tired though I've still done the yoga.

Can't believe it! Due to you lovely lot 🥰

Any ideas for April? Anything else that's good apart from move/center?

I am so far off the yoga wagon... have decided to take the pressure off and just try to Complete the rest of Move by the end of April. I'm working a lot at the moment and can't squeeze everything in!

Well done to those who are doing it, though!

@CeeCeeDeeBee I hope you're able to get a routine that works for you. It's hard sometimes!

I did a 30 minute runners yoga today. It was good, but I struggled holding some of the stretches for so long. I think that means I need it more so going to try and do these longer post run practices when I can for the rest of the month.

On that note can anyone remember any practices from Move or Center which they think are good for after a run? I've found her runners yoga playlist, but I'm sure there must be more. I'm going to start keeping track of any I come across in future.

Hello all - day 21 Center today. Found it harder than I remember.
The side planks went on forever.

Center Day 21 Strength. I agree @Shinyandnew2022 the side planks went on forever. I swapped sides more often than Adriene to make it manageable😀.

I am finding it harder to find the motivation to keep doing daily yoga. How is everyone else doing?

I am finding it harder to find the motivation to keep doing daily yoga. How is everyone else doing?
Definitely flagging!

That was way more impressive than me I flopped onto my belly in disgust!

I am trying to commit to daily practice simply because I feel better when I do it and if I skip a few days I can feel the difference on the mat
Also I don't do other exercise really so for me it's my new 'baseline 'activity.
I read on another thread someone described it as like WD40 for
The human body and that keeps me coming back for more!

@ScottishBeth I write a short reminder to myself of what was in each practice. I’ve written stretches down for days 11 and 18 of Move and day 14 of center. I don’t know if they are suitable for post run, as that’s not something I do, but they might be 😊

As for @OopNorfDahnSarf s question. I’ve been doing the daily yoga most days for 14 months now. I don’t do any other exercise so it is my thing now and im going to keep going. I think I might try the original first series of Adrienne in April . Has anyone tried that one?

@notanicepersonapparently I was thinking about doing the OG 30 days too for April. Someone on this thread was doing it this month. A few others were also recommended, Home and Truth possibly? But I'm going to give the original a try, as much as anything to see how Adrienne has progressed over the years.
I'm only up to Day 19 on Centre though for this month so a few days behind, although I can catch up on 30th/31st so gives me a bit of leeway to be done by end March.

Day 23 Center. I really liked this one.

Last night I was about to go to bed and realised I hadn't done my yoga so got back up again. 😂

I'm going through a period of rage with daily yoga.

I get annoyed with Adriene's wittering , side planks, vinyasas that kill my shoulders, incoherent cues, my inability to step my foot forward from down dog (after years of yoga practice 😡).

I loathe any instruction to "place one hand on the belly, one hand on the heart". Lying down I can't do it confortably because of being fat, big boobs and short arms. And touching my belly makes me quite literally feel sick.

So there's clearly a load of stuff coming up for me, a lot of it about how I feel about myself and my body, how I react to struggling to do things or not feeling competent, maybe a level of self hatred I wasn't aware that I had. It's like therapy 🤣

On the positive side, I went hiking yesterday, shortish walk but one that involved some scrambling. I was amazed by how much easier it felt to manoeuvre myself over the rocks, stretch a foot up to a foothold, hold bodywweight on my arms. Keep on trucking everyone!

😂😂
My pet peeve is "find a new way to get to the top of the mat". How Adriene?? How? Once you've done hops, small steps, big steps, tiptoes it pretty much only leaves teletransportation.

I also can't step forward with my right foot into a lunge at all. Why? On the left it's easy. On the right, impossible.

😂

I just sigh and shuffle.

😂😂😂

Oh @HellonHeels how your post resonated with me. I hated the hand on belly thing, particularly when in a seated position as there is more flab to feel. I have found though that my inner voice has become kinder which I’m attributing to Adrienne’s positive affirmations. So something has moved.
@Buttalapasta I try to sneak a peak to see how Adrienne has got to the top of the mat, but she’s already there, every time.
@Jumbojem It will be interesting to see her presentation style back then. Not too much random singing hopefully.

Center day 24 camel 😮

Absolutely lol at these comments 😂

Yes to the teleporting to the top of the mat, probably only for advanced yogis ☺️

What is 30 day OG? So lost when it comes to Adriene back catalogue.

Happy to join in with others for April, it really helps me if I know I'm not the only one enduring this 😮‍💨

I'm failing miserably at life in general and yoga especially. So I'm going to say that from Sunday I'm going to get back in the mat. Hold me accountable!

@Jumbojem @notanicepersonapparently ive done all the 30 day challenges. I think I like True, Home and dedicate the most but I do love move and center too

@Sooverthemill 💕

Thanks @Sooverthemill. That’s good to know. I hope to try them all out this year.

Failing at yoga right now. I’ve just got bored as some of it is very samey. I’ve been walking or c25k every day for the past week. Getting outside in the fresh air is wonderful, we’ve done a couple of beach walks and that’s been like pressure washing my brain. Well done for those with better commitment than myself, I do aspire to a daily practice but ADD brain leads me off🙄

@Sooverthemill you've had a difficult few weeks - do you have a favourite practice you could choose for Sunday? Also when it comes to April would you rather someone else set up the new thread? I feel like it's been assumed by everyone that you'll do it, but if you'd rather not let us know! Someone else can do it. On the other hand you do well at coming up with fun thread names! If you enjoy it then feel free to keep going!

@Yogachick it is hard sometimes. Are you aiming to do one of the 30 day series? Could you try and think of a different focus? It might help. We'll done on the walking and C25k as well. I'm doing C25k too. Beach walk sounds lovely as well!

Yesterday I ended up doing one of her Yoga for Weight Loss videos. I am trying to lose weight but I'm not doing yoga for that reason (and I get the feeling Adriene doesn't like it for that reason either). The reason I picked it was because I needed a shortish practice - it was about 12 minutes, but I also wanted one a bit more challenging. The practice was a good flow, but it was a much earlier video and it was a bit weird. However one of the occasions I was able to step forwards from DD to lunge! I only tried once as the flow was too quick, but now I know I can do it!

@notanicepersonapparently thank you - I'll have a look at those!