Haha me too! I have started getting outdoors a bit more and back to dancing, yoga is next ony list… Again 
hope to start catching up with you soon! 
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Day 3 YWA revolution…feeling good. Honoring where I’m at. Thankful for practicing today!
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I was curious about Kundahlini yoga did a bit of research and came on the article about 5 yogis you over came addiction with this type of yoga. Tried to attach yet was unable too…inspiring read. Made it more clear to me over the power of Yoga
Time for some yoga. I am so emotional lately, ready for tears so easily. My nervous system is on high alert.
I choose this one for today…
Be well!
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Hello fellow yogi’s and yogini’s.
This weekend you can experience a part of the The Embodied Yoga conference" online.
Interesting when you want to take practice to a deeper level or maybe are coping with trauma or anxiety. By learning to reconnect with the body in a subtle way you can learn to hold space for yourself, regulate emotions by staying in tune with the new found safety of the body.
Namaste 
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Haven’t been sleeping well since coming off antidepressants. As well as not getting tired, I’ve been waking up in the night with restless legs. Last night I did a YWA video, Cozy Flow, complete with blanket and pillow, lovely 
No restless legs last night! Still only 5 hours sleep but made the most of the early morning by starting YWA Home. A nice 45 mins practice.
My tendency is to start planning, if I wake up at x time every day I can fit in yoga, meditation, have some time for TS… Etc. But I have been here before and it sucks all the love out of it. If it feels right tomorrow, I’ll do it, but if it doesn’t I won’t. For today though, I did some yoga and it felt good.
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Oh I hear you on the pressure or ‘need to’ do yoga or run or what have you. Learning (again and again and again) to let go and let be what is…this is a big one for me as well. 
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I was talking to my bf about something unrelated, and I said ‘all we can do is our best’. He said something like, well not all the time. It’s a good point and one I keep forgetting… If we are always doing our best, then our best is also our worst. It is ok to just do enough to get by!
And then of course there is impermanence. Just cos we aren’t on top of our game right now, doesn’t mean things will always be this way. Patience, acceptance… I keep telling myself I will get where I need to be!
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Did day 2 of YWA Home this evening. Prefer morning yoga but I didn’t get up til 7am and I just got stuck on the sofa with my cup of tea. The theme for day 2 was Intend. I think my intention is probably what it has been before… Compassion (mainly towards myself) and strength.
I had a big wave of emotion and a bit of a cry. Trying to investigate why, I came up with a few things
- I have been here before with my yoga practice and not kept it up
- I do not like myself and I don’t like thinking about that
- Having not done any yoga for some time, a lot of the poses that once came fairly easily are now quite hard, which is obviously going to happen but it still feels like a step back
Plus I generally have a lot of emotions at the moment (always!) and they probably needed a release.
Good to do it though, haven’t really done much moving about today.
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Did some new poses I’ve never tried like a tree vinasa and an eagle airplane… She might be my new favorite instructor. I just loved this class!
Also, I wish I had a calm soothing voice like that, I would be a yoga instructor! Lesley Fightmaster was her name…
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I was actually just reading up on restless leg syndrome because my dad has it and found its cause by low dopamine levels. Sounds like your brain needs time to recalibrate after being on the antidepressants. Be patient and kind to yourself! I also heard magnesium helps with restless legs. The yoga poses bounce back in no time! Maybe if you just do 5 minutes of yoga/stretching a day until it becomes a routine you can add more time eventually when it becomes more enjoyable… Sending you lots of love. 
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I second magnesium… am too tired to look up which kind tho. 
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Restless legs have calmed down a bit, although I have been doing yoga or some exercise before bed each day so that is likely helping too. Sleep pattern has not returned to early nights/ early mornings so I am embracing it and doing yoga before bed, and letting myself just nest in the mornings.
I have been surprised at the things that have stayed in my muscle memory and the things that haven’t. But that’s ok, I really love Adriene and she is always reminding us to meet ourselves where we are at (or words to that effect!).
I will bookmark that yoga video you shared, and others on this thread, to look at. I tend to get fixed on one thing if I know it works for me, I find choice overwhelming. So out of the last 10 days I have done 9 days of yoga, all YWA, 8 of those the Home playlist. My initial thought is that I will finish Home and then go to the other videos. Maybe I will try and switch it up a bit. It doesn’t matter if it takes me longer than 30 days to complete it!
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Soo, since I last posted, I made it up to day 13 of YWA then didn’t do any yoga for a week. Just did day 14 of YWA and it was sooo nice, lots of yummy hip stuff.
I love Adriene, love the Home playlist and loved this practice! You know when it’s exactly what you need? Just perfect.
The theme of return is about returning to ourselves, a reminder that when we are seeking change or transformation it is about uncovering what’s already there. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that to be better is to be different, to get away from yourself. I find that anyway. Actually though it’s about finding the good stuff that’s within, and maybe also working on nurturing and healing the stuff we are struggling with.
I know it’s really just another way of talking about acceptance but it just clicked with me, it fits in with lots of things I’ve been thinking about in life and in recovery recently.
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Day 18 - Believe.
This was my second attempt at this practice, I couldn’t do it the first time round. Too much emotion and struggled with the physical as well as the mindset. Lots of talk about believing in yourself and trusting that you are where you need to be. Anyway, I did it. Trying to focus on that, rather than the slow pace I’m getting through the series or the amount I’m struggling with it.
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Start in tripod pose
Thanks for this thread, it open up some new trainers. I just tried a 60 min class of YWA and I like her voice. It’s a little challenging to listen to the yoga English vocab. But I think I will add it to my routine. Keeps my mind active and it’s interesting always that everyone has their focus.
And it’s also funny how I immediately start to judge, compare… 
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Made it to my yoga studios Monday stretch this morning via zoom. I have been pretty inconsistent with it recently. Going to be better in November.
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I have a question to you yogis here. After fasting last week I now decided to give vegan another try due to animal right reasons. I think I will from time to time eat meat as I really like it but stay away from dairy as they are no good for my glycemia.
Now I experienced that since eating vegan I found myself more flexible and better smelling. I asked a friend of mine who reported the same the other way around when she tried eating meat again.
Do you have similar experiences? Just curious. 
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