Training Log Archive: anniemac

Just some warmup on my own before the "class" that I taught to 3 willing victims! Thanks guys for giving me some practice it's such a learning experience.

Event: DVOA French Creek State Park
 

with baby niece, probably should not count this but what the heck.

Event: 2015 Gold Rush - USA Ultra-long & Western States Championships
 

Some of our normal sequence before I had to teach. Went well but next week we can't use any notes! Agh! If anyone who knows a little yoga will let me practice on them this weekend let me know...

C • guinea pig 3

Yin yoga "experience." Basically getting into various poses, mostly sitting or on the back, and letting go. Not working to engage any muscles, but spending up to 5 minutes working through discomfort to get to a place of surrender - in order to work the connective tissues / fascia. Interesting experience and I was NOT good at surrendering esp when it came to my back folding. But the hip opening poses were really great. I liked some aspects of this but felt it just went on too long. :)

Good luck to the DVOAers out West! Stay hydrated.

Walkaround town after class which lets out at 2pm on Fridays!

Had to take a day off. I'm already a hyper sensitive person, yoga is making me even more aware of all the feelings in my body. A bad headache yesterday became a brain tumor with the help of anxiety, and I'm worried about how I've been feeling dizzy when I move from downdog to a standing pose - probs just low blood pressure. Twice I really thought I would faint though. The 80+ degree heat all day in the studio probably doesn't help an old lady like me. And twice, I had this weird thing happen where the sound started to go down, like I was losing my hearing, the world was fading. It was very scary. I mean, I know they want you to detach from your senses but geez. Too much! So, I'm going to really really try to make it through the rest of this, knowing that maybe doing it every single day is just not in the cards for me. I hope I can still graduate b/c I really love most days. Sad to have that horrible anxiety come back yesterday - I hope it stays away!

C • Low Blood Pressure 8

Woke up today and did a test forward fold. Oh no, no way I'm going to class today. Will walk or something and study at home. Plus, they are teaching pre-natal yoga after the practice and that's a "bell+whistle," not the main curriculum so I feel okay missing it.

Trying to memorize the sequence on my own, just going thru the motions not holding poses. Plus some nice back stretches. Back feels okay.

Walking out the kinks.

C • Durn . . . 1

Doing more and more of the full sequence

5 sun As and 3 sun bs plus breaking down each pose ashtanga style. I should really log this as at least an hour but it was broken up over a few hours and the sun salutations were the only things that were continuous. I am truly whipped and wonder if I'll make it tomorrow...