YWA Jan 2024 - Flow

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Anyone else excited for this? Ready to get going in the new year?

I got all excited when it was announced but just can't get the site to load. Had anyone else managed to get into it?

I did a bit of catch up today while the DD's were amusing the baby so did day 10, 11 and 12! I am so bad at planks but there's so many that I can really see an improvement.

One of the reasons I picked up yoga again is now inflexible I've become and really felt it in the wide legged fold. As a teen used to be able to lie flat on the floor in that pose (lots of ballet!) now I can barely move. But accepting that's part of the process... love pigeon pose. During covid i developed sciatic pain and would
do that pose to ease the pain.

Day 12 completed. Do enjoy the stretching bits.

Feel like I'm getting stronger, I'm less sweary during planks I think

I also struggle with forward folds because my belly gets in the way.

I definitely feel like I've improved over the two weeks though. Today I could do the high lunge which I'm not sure I would have managed at the beginning.

I’m probably doing it wrong but I love pigeon pose. Gives me a lovely stretch right at the top of my hamstrings. I really struggle with walking my feet back up to the top of the mat while folded over. Have to stand every time.

Im enjoying this series but agree it has a different vibe to others. I’m sad that it’s her last but not surprised if they take 6 months to film. Maybe she doesn’t get enough subscribers from them to justify the time.

Day 12 done. Probably my least favourite day so far. Very repetitive. Still I felt like it did me good. I notice that I have more energy as a result of each session. I had to really drag myself from the sofa to the mat today, but afterwards I was buzzing around and got lots of housework done!

I did not want to do today's! Busy day and I came home and flaked out. Was just about to make dinner when remembered I hadn't done the yoga yet, and once of I'd eaten was def going to collapse for the day.
So, I did it, didn't love it, it didn't energise me as I hoped it might, or relax me either. One of those days you just go through the motions.
I am enjoying it overall though, and I'm def getting stronger in the planks which is something in itself!

Just done day 13 as I've got a busy day ahead. I really liked it; I love floor work anyway and just felt like I worked my abs enough without it getting tedious or too uncomfortable. I feel great now!

That was a tough one! Sneaky Adrienne!!!

Adrienne said once in her blog that the 30 days challenges take a month to film. Six months maybe includes all the planning? I’m sad they are ending but she’s had so many changes with her mother having a stroke, her wedding, house move and all. I guess she wants to move on

I'm really behind as been out of action for a week ill. Day 5 made a nice reintroduction and I'm going to double up where I can to catch up.

Today did not feel like EASE.

I'm not sure this series is suiting me. I enjoyed centre and repeated it over the year although a lot more spread out than every day. This time though I'm finding myself with various aches and pains the next day when usually it unwinds me! This morning I'm so stiff across the top of my shoulders and base of neck that I struggled to tie a pony tail! Not sure which move might have provoked it but I'm not feeling encouraged to carry on. Might give it a rest and then go back to an older one instead.

Ease my bum! This is a stealth abs practice!

Ease was definitely abs and not all that easy.

Well that was an even harder abs workout that day 6. I missed yesterday so did them both together but admit I didn’t do much of today’s. Last time i had aching abs for three days and I just don’t want to repeat that.

I also missed yesterday and combined days 12 and 13 after I'd been swimming. As Adriene said at the start of 13, the two did go well together.

Ease was so sneaky. But I impressed myself by a) doing it b) not getting frustrated at the half arsed way I was doing it c) not squinting and tensing my face up while I half arsed did it.
I figured that was kind of in the spirit of it.

I'm a bit behind so I did Day 10 this morning. I loved it. I felt more flexible than at the start of January.

Unusual for there to be two Abbs focused days but I think it’s a good idea as just once a month seems too infrequent to make much progress.
Anyway, after two years of this I no longer dread it, but it still hurts. No pain, no gain as they say.

Ow

I'm glad I read these posts before doing it! I forgot sometimes when Adriene says 'Ease' that she means easing yourself into some intense yoga! Like a PP, my arms and shoulders are very sore so I was glad to have a bit of a break on them today. Not sure doing today's a few hours after a massive Sunday lunch was the best idea I've ever had though...

I’m catching up on day 10 and in some of the poses she really looks like she is in the early stages of pregnancy. I don’t usually like to speculate but this series her body looks different.

I have thought that too and sometimes she seems really self-conscious of her stomach. I know she has said that she's not pregnant at the moment though so I hope there's no sadness/health difficulties behind it.

I have managed to stay up to date, just done today's. Was almost going to leave it but the thought of doing 2 and a run tomorrow was enough to keep going.

It was tough. How she can straighten her legs up in the air like that is just so far removed from what I can do!

Well I actually liked ease although was expecting something nice and relaxing so definitely caught me out.