My 30 day 'Yoga with Adriene' experience: YWA Breath
- Lunatica
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min read
Hello everyone!
This year is raining 'consistency'. I have always dreamt of being consistent at things and I have wished people would be consistent in showing up to me. Since we can only change ourselves. Here is me showing up to my blog, each week, regardless of the poor engagement.
This week I want to mention something from January that I did and enjoyed.
Those who often land here know I love yoga and it is something that calms me physically and mentally. I have worked so much around it that I can say officially that I have been practising for more than 3 years. I ventured around YouTube during my first year and I discovered Adriene Mishler, who posts as 'Yoga with Adriene'. I have practised with her, on and off. My new year was kickstarted with her and I practised with her for all 30 days this January. Those who try to work out daily, understand how huge that is.
What I did:
I practised regardless of how I felt.
I showed up, just like she says, on the mat/floor regardless of my mood, the time I got to practice (12 am or pm, morning or evening, live or alone), circumstances (fights or sadness), or even environment (crowded rooms or my birthday cheers). I managed to show up all day. The day I was sick I used one of her old videos for sinus relief and redid the new one next day.
Few of my comments showing the real-time experience:
She is a perfect balance of rigorous work 'with the body' instead of 'on the body' and calming all the flared area.
My Motivation:
Once I subscribed to her series, I received her daily emails, that kept me going. I looked forward to what was new in the next day practice. And, this was all for free. Tell me which of your gym instructor or guide, provides you with the humbling emails that make you feel every emotion.
Her little graphics, definitely paved way to my imagination of calming my entire being and doing something for myself.
Her Instagram posts were the cherry on top. inspiring and lively, you can find her @adrienelouise
Some of her mail had poetry and stories towards the end as well. A few favourites will be quoted here:
What happened:
I prefer yoga because I don't feel like 'I have to do it like a task but as something that I know for sure will benefit me, mentally and physically. Yoga has kept my periods constant and when I am irregular, I am mostly out of sync with my practice (I was so scared to share this out there but Okay, now I have already done it.)
I am not really sure how these thirty days benefitted differently in body and mind. Except for the fact that I showed up even on my sick days, thus making me want to show up to practice even more regularly for the year ahead. and, I am sure that is something worth a take away, as I watch people struggle to keep up a healthy pattern with health.
Somedays I showed up to the mat distressed, in pain and crying and at-home yoga means you are allowed more of all that.
All of this has inspired me to take on the goal of achieving 365 days of yoga. We will see how much of it we do.
The most favourite video:
This 20 min practice is apt. Short and crisp for beginners.
This one is for the lazy days, and if you are interested you can do the whole series:
What's next for me?
In one of her final emails, she suggested either to redo the series if enjoyable or start with her monthly calendar and I am currently doing the latter.
Recommended to?
Everyone.
Provide me with a comment here and not a message on DM, if you liked her because of my recommendation or tried her out. (a small request)
So, that is all the experience I had with the 30-day yoga journey. However, the blog is not over yet. One of her philosophy that I am stealing is 'Breathe in love and Breathe out love'.
My way of sending the love back is through acknowledging one of you guys.
This shall continue till valentines day. Sending love right back at the universe.
I recently asked you guys to guess my next blog and said the first to guess the right answer would be mentioned here.
Fortunately, it was a fellow writer friend. I consider him a poet as well though.
His Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/lovelesssl/?igshid=1x2jpo9bm8fe0 or @lovelesssl
His favourite work that he wanted me to share:
My favourite of his new works. I wish I could share his old poems that oozed of love. However, this makes much more sense in this world.
Thank you guys for reading and Thank you @loveless for letting me share these.
Bye!!!
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