Last weekend, I went home to San Antonio to see my family. I haven't seen them since summer, so I was excited to show my mom my new yoga abilities. My mom is extremely fit. She works out every day, eats healthy, and values overall health and fitness. This weekend, I decided to take her through some of the yoga stretches that we have been doing. She was extremely impressed by my flexibility and surprised at how difficult some of the poses can be. Downward dog was hard for her because she has tightness in her hamstrings. After that we did a few other poses, I even had her try calf mashing. She tried downward dog again and was impressed that she could do it easier than before. She got adventurous after that and tried headstand and shoulder stand. It was fun to get to teach her some of the poses and to hear her say she was impressed by what I could do. She has always been much more fit than me, so it was cool to be able to teach her something in the fitness department. :)
This Tuesday was a fun class. I like that we are trying things that I probably would never try if I were doing yoga practice on my own. Even though I couldn't get all the way into handstand, I did successfully do the forearm stand (sorry, don't remember the name) several times. I tried to do the forearm stand last night, and was successful, even with my soreness from class. And, I am sore! Is anyone else really feeling it in their upper back and shoulders?
Sorry I missed this post before. So glad you are sharing the yoga with your mother.
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