January 12, 2011

At Home Yoga Flow

It's a snow day here so it looks like I'm going to be inside all day...so bored already.  BUT!  I did just go a 40 minute yoga flow in my own bedroom! 
It's really not that dirty...


I just started teaching yoga at work, so I've been making playlists and practicing flows a lot.  One of the many benefits of being a Fitness Specialist is that during down time I can practice my classes.  So I just go into the group ex room and get my flow on!  Here's what I came up with:

Child's Pose (move hands right, breathe, then left)
Table top -- cat/cow
Down Dog (pedal feet)
Forward Fold -- Rag doll

--Flow 3x --
Swan Dive down
Forward Fold
Pike (flat back up on tented fingers)
Forward Fold
High Plank
Low Plank
Cobra
Down Dog

Basic, I know, but it gets everything all warmed up and ready for...

Down Dog, lift right leg up and swing foot between hands
Crescent Lunge
Drop back knee down 10 times (so just like a normal lunge)
Crescent Lunge again, this time twist right
Come down for a nice hip opener (forearms come inside the right foot)
Down Dog and repeat left side

Then I did other flows and poses involving Warriors, Triangles, Chairs, Eagles, Planks, Crows, Pigeons and Wheels.

And the playlist, of course:


40 minutes later, I'm stretched and ready for breakfast!  And maybe a good old fashioned Brittany Murphy Netflix movie!  I really do love them.

2 comments:

  1. hey! i found your blog through healthy tipping point- saw you commented on the run to remember post! im from boston too, and also running that race. thought i'd stop by and say hi!

    (my running blog, which i haven't really updated since the chicago marathon is www.runningwithoutheels.wordpress.com...but im commenting with my regular ole' blog!)

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  2. hi! good luck in the race! I have a wedding to go to that day so I won't be able to make it :o(

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