Recording and editing yoga offerings for online yoga classes. I am struggling with the level of vulnerability required to put oneself out there on the internet. Exposing my soft underbelly to the world, literally and figuratively, is something that I am still reckoning with. Being a body online is harsh.
Advice? Tips? Words of wisdom? Mantras for intestinal fortitude?
Into the belly of the build. Five weeks in, five weeks out.
Warmer than usual for this time but still cold enough for long tights and gloves. I have been making my own hydration and nutrition for long runs this build. I figured that silicone baby food containers would work for my "gels" - a mix of honey, ginger syrup, and maldon salt. So far so good!
My elevation runs are laps of the sledding hill. Boring but lots of time to think and reflect. And it makes elevation on race day seem luxurious! I was observing today how different I feel since finishing the phd. I feel it in my muscles. In my bones. It's been about seven weeks since graduation and I am still marvelling at the change. I am excited for the next five weeks of build!
1040m of climbing today in the middle of my long run today. Yoga practice 1174 - self guided yin.
We interrupt this yoga practice for LOVE and scritches!
Yoga practice 1094 today. Enjoyed the last practice of the Yoga with Adriene Flow series. My favourite of the ten 30-day yoga series she's done is probably Breath, but they are all good. (and free to do on YT). Got to do a little bit of my practicum during the mic-off session . A little half-circle and gate pose flow. Almost done putting it together. Slowly but surely.
I have passed my advanced yoga teacher training written exam and I am putting together my practicum. I am going to do a heart opening hatha practice geared towards runners. Slowly coming together. A lovely coincidence that my practice today had some of the asana I will do in my practice- gate pose felt especially delicious!
Post thesis defence yoga practice. Focused on stress relief and ease.
Er mer gerd, I was so stiff! I'm not even that stiff after a long run! Maybe stress, maybe three + hour video call!
I'm so glad that I passed if only because I have been so stressed about the defence that I really didn't want to do it twice! I'm going to focus on recovery over the next couple of weeks. Let my body heal after the stress of the defence before tackling revisions.
I'm so grateful for my yoga practice and meditation. Yoga practice 1016.
A beautiful Sunday. Second long run of the weekend, kept it easy after yesterday's interval long run. Stunning skies for the pup walk. Yoga practice 1000/1000 this evening. A moment of celebration for a goal reached - a thousand yoga practices.
After a cloudy, chilly run, the skies opened up during the pup walk around the pond.
Happy #MonDog
Look who's just turned 11 months! Pup is 27lbs of cuteness! (12.3kg) Perhaps my initial guess of 29lbs full grown might be pretty close (she's a Jack Russell - Boston Terrier - Husky - Lab - Hound mix!)
Smart and a divining rod for moods (she starts barking when politics gets discussed!) She has taken over my chair. She is fascinated with slippers. She is a snuggle bug and lives for scritches and cuddles. She will sit in front of you and tap you with her paw when she wants scritches. She hangs out while I do yoga. Sometimes I need to share my mat. Such a joy! #DogsOfMastodon#Puppy#PuppyUpdate#HowBigWillPuppyGet#DogsOfPixelfed#Yoga#YogaPup#DailyYoga
My study buddy keeps stealing my seat!
62% of the way through advanced yoga teacher training. Waded through chapter three of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras yesterday and watched the lecture today. Slowly chipping away at it. Got a new suggestion for another translation of the Sutras today and looking forward to digging into that. I appreciate being forced to reflect on my own practices, good work to keep up!
I have a lot of learning ahead of me but my #UltraRunning and #DailyYoga and #WearAMask lifestyle have me on the right track! Protecting my health fiercely has been the right approach all along!