Becstarr : Samudra

Getting organised for the holiday (and wondering whether I'm ready enough, and whether I have time to get everything done that needs to be done at work, etc etc) has got me a bit stressed. The positive in this is that it got me to morning yoga today for the first time in ages! The teacher was a new person (Darsh, I think?) and I found the class excellent. It was a gentle class rather than a tough one (cf Bree) - the word we heard a lot of was "compassion" - but it really was exactly what I needed.

Anna : Another Brick in the Wall

Was _definitively_ productive today. Trying to catch up and clean up after the busy shambles I became at the end of last year running after my big ITIL vs ICT Training Project.

Highlight of the day was this morning in yoga class when I made the transition between Child's Pose with arms stretched forward and Cobra Pose without face planting OR belly flopping!

Link of the day! (Mostly SFW but does contain underwear clad bottoms) : http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.html?id=70

Becstarr : Ashtang-ouch-ya

Dave's on evening yoga classes while in school holidays, so I was invited to come along to "the best yoga in the world". Having heard a lot about these classes over the last year or so, I tagged along to the Dobroyd Hall, overlooking the water. It was seriously upper-body challenging-- I was at one stage invited to cross my legs and flip them through my arms. Saw some poses I'd never seen before, and realised once again that I seriously need to work on abdominal strength. Ouch! Great class though. Yoga tourism-- recommended!

Becstarr : Yogi Trish

Hooray! I made it to yoga this morning and the wonderful Trish was back! Her break was obviously a good one-- in one position she mentioned that she couldn't get her knees together any more, which I thought was strange until I looked more closely and realised she was rather pregnant! She's due in Nov, which I'm guessing means she won't be back for too many more classes... :)

Anna : Hard Session @ Boxing

The netballers have disappeared so there's less standing around at boxing. Last nights session was HARD!

6 minute warm up, 4 reps of 1 minute on 30 seconds off of squatting/squatting and punching, 6 rounds of circuit stuff (side to sides, push ups and plank and then 10 secs on/10 secs off/10 secs on at the bag). Finishing off with 4 rounds of 30 seconds punching and 1 minute rest.

Cut to the next day, I'm having trouble walking down stairs and someone has inserted an iron rod in the middle of my shoulders.

In other news, made it to yoga but it was the annoying English woman. I can't stand the way she says "Up" ("uhurp"!!?!?!).

Anna : When will I learn

When Paul says "We used to do this on the Nationals team" you leave the room! Sore and tired today but made it to yoga.

Anna : Gym, gym, gym

Boxing canceled last night because Paul was sick and so this morning I made it to yoga for the second time since we got back from holiday ... are these two incidents related? Yoga was good, I'm glad I went and will try to go again!