YOGA

Welcome to my YOGA page! I'm rather new at the journey, have only been doing YOGA for a couple of years now, but absolutely love it. Namaste!
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February 8, 2015

This is it! Tomorrow I start my 108 Ultimate Yogi journey and am so excited! I will do a full product review throughout the 108 days - and updates on my own physical health as well. Hopefully everyone will find this information useful!

A little background.....

A mishap lead me to originally despise yoga. One day, I was all set to go to a kickboxing class at a gym - and lo and behold they switched the class at the last minute (for an unknown reason) and replaced it with a yoga class. Imagine being excited, all pumped up, all ready to move, to find out when you get there that the class has changed. Yoga and kickboxing are complete opposites! I expected to go to a class and "kick ass", yet I went to a class that was "calm".  I immediately hated yoga for that reason. (Not too open minded was I?!) It wasn't until I went to the Copper Canyon and my Mas Loco friend Ravi held an impromptu yoga class, and (gasp) I really started to love it. I went to a few classes at work on my lunch hour, and loved it even more. Yoga at lunch started to interfere with my running schedule - so I bought a few dvd's so I could do at home, on my own time. I have:
Tara Stiles
Rodney Yee
Elena Brower
Shiva Rea

The dvd's from these four are all great. However, I also recently came across a free YOUTUBE session of the Ultimate Yogi DVD series by Travis Eliot. I instantly fell in love and ordered the DVD set. My goodness, I felt incredibly amazing the whole day after I did that video!  If you would like to check out the freebie yoga class, here it is:
The Ultimate Yogi: Cross Training

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. If you did, here's the link to purchase the entire set: (p.s. I am in no way affiliated w/the Udaya)
http://theultimateyogi.com/store/?ap_id=betterfeelinglifeThe Ultimate Yogi

The DVD set includes 12 videos. They are:
Cross Training
Cardio
Strength
Flexibility
Balance
Detox
Vitality
Hardcore (around 20 minutes long compared to the others which are around one hour)
Yin Yoga
Gentle Yoga
Mountain Pose Series
Sun Salutations

There is a schedule along with the program. The first few weeks I will be doing the following dvd's:
Cross Train
Cardio
Strength
Yin
Detox
Vitality
Mountain Pose

There are a few concerns I had when purchasing the dvd set but I decided to take the plunge anyway. My concerns are:
#1. How will this affect my running plans? Will this be too much? My thoughts are no, since I already try to do one hour of yoga a day (try).
#2. Being on a schedule for yoga. I always ALWAYS have a schedule for running. So not having a schedule for yoga was rather nice. I basically did whatever I felt like doing on that particular day. So for yoga, this is unchartered territory. We will see. This is my #1 concern.
#3. Can I really do this for 108 days straight with my running schedule? I decided I will be careful if I need to. Since most of my races are out of town, I am expecting not to be able to do this in exactly 108 days, due to traveling/time. And that's ok. I'm going to come as close to 108 days as possible, but I will not be stressed by this. If I miss doing it one day, I will just pick it up the next! Simple!

Overall I think my concerns are not really a big issue, so this is why I purchased the dvd set. I will try and update every week! Eventually putting  before and after pics up to keep me honest :D

Hopefully you will find my updates useful. Everyone have a fantastic week!
Namaste!