Friday, September 7, 2012

Practice Post 3

Yesterday was a fun class. After Tuesday, I left feeling sore and a little stiff. The mornings have been rough. I wish I could get in the routine of doing a few poses when I wake up in the morning; still working on that part of practice, though.
Last night, I went with some friends to Outdoor Waco and rented a paddle board. This is like a large surfboard that you stand on in the water and paddle around. I know that OW has a paddle board yoga class, so I thought I would try some poses on the board and see if I could participate in the class. I did downward dog (pretty easy to balance because I was on all fours). Mountain pose was hard because I was standing in the middle of the board. It took a while to balance correctly. After that, I tried tree pose. And, I successfully got my right foot resting on my thigh for about 1 second! And, I didn't fall in the water! I felt very accomplished. After that, simply standing and paddling on the board was much easier as well. That was an exciting moment to see how my class yoga practice can be used in daily life (and even on a paddle board).

4 comments:

  1. That's such a cool way to do yoga! I feel like you would get really good, really fast with the incentive of falling in every time. We should have class out at the marina, let the best survive.

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  2. haha that sounds like an amazing plan! That's so neat that you have gotten the chance to use our yoga poses outside of class. Like you, I wish I could simply wake up in the mornings and do a few poses to start the day off right. BUT my 8am classes usually have me pretttyyy rushed lol.

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  3. Do you have any pictures of yoga on the paddle board? that would be great.

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  4. I just wanted to say that I have read your post and am now qualified as a good friend.

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