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Saturday is my day to share some postive ways for dealing with the stresses of life. Smoking is a biggie. I hope that with this yoga series someone can benefit from my methods for dealing with life's challenges in a positive way.
Hi, I'm back from vacation and school immersion. Thank you JayinPortland & citizenx for posting diaries the past 2 weeks. I really appreciate your help and creativity. I'm sure everyone was breathing and stretching while I was gone.
Secondly, everyone needs to wish our friend, Vacationland, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I wish I new about it sooner, I would have baked a cake or something, but as it is, I'm raising my coffee cup to you...cheers!
I'll be done with this class by August 2nd. I'll make it, but I'm having to de stress regularly. Exercise is proven to help you lose weight, improve your memory, improve your disposition and increase your energy level, improve sleep, improve sex life, aid with menopause pre and post, help the GI tract, reduce chances of breast cancer and other great stuff.
The reason I, no doubt, drive people nuts with breathing, exercising, and drinking 64 ounces of water a day is because its all for the good. I love when people just try one thing and say "hey, that wasn't too bad". Just think baby steps and try something healthy right now.
Let's take 5 deep breaths, in and out.....
Let's begin with some easy poses, the pictures are simple enough to follow.
You can stay in bed with this one....
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Tree pose
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Downward dog, its like touching your toes but not as hard, bend your knees if you have to, perfection isn't important
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Happy Baby, I like this one and you can do this in bed before you get up
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Warrior 1, I liked this pose when I was going through my divorce, I'd imagine myself as a Genghis Khan type readying for battle.
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Warrior 2, more challenging, but dont pull your leg up so high at first, then switch legs and see how you are stronger on your dominant side. This helps improve that.
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Very easy to do...Child Pose
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Even if you looked at this, maybe one morning you'll stretch your arms above your head and think, "why not". I hope you do because pulling those muscles and breathing gets your day off to a great start.
♥♥♥Namaste♥♥♥
Effervescent
PS, Happy 28 years sobriety to TomP! Congratulations!
Sat AM: effervescent
Sat PM: Open
Sun Am: MillieNeon
Sun PM: Open
Mon AM: Open
Mon PM: Vacationland
Tue AM: Open
Tue PM: aoeu
Wed AM: Open
Wed PM: Open
Thu AM: FrugalGranny
Thu PM: Open
Fri AM: Flumptytail
Fri PM: Open
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