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Day 1️⃣6️⃣ #YOGANCE CHALLENGE: the whole shebang! Raw is the right word.. This was full of #fckit and determination. What was I thinking throughout? In the parts I am most comfortable with I was really enjoying the movement. There are a couple of points you can see me pause lol, because I blanked about how to get from one place to another! Yes even after practicing loads this happens to me. The most 'thoughty' bits were the transition to warrior 3 when my mind was saying THINK MARIA! And before coming into the twist when I always find that left becomes right, right becomes left and I'm like a fish caught in a net! 🐟 during the freestyle I know I did think, 'I hope this doesn't look hideous!' And the I thought 'you know what who cares!' As I do every time. For once I didn't have a 'that felt awkward' moment which is good because that usually breaks flow irretrievably... Each day is more of a challenge. Today inspired by @Cuchira on a previous video I created my own soundtrack which pretty much encapsulates my feelings when putting myself in front of a camera to do this! 😹 #facethemusicanddance #troubleahead #yogance™ #yogancer #movefree #sweatitout #myyogalife

Day 1️⃣5️⃣ #YOGANCE CHALLENGE: combination of 🔟,1️⃣2️⃣,1️⃣3️⃣,1️⃣4️⃣. My usual sequence recall worries were with me on this one 🙄 but being so warm and courageous after an hour or so's practice, I just did it again and again until it was more comfortable. Well that's practice! I don't know why I feel I need to be perfect before even attempting something. That is a habit I form mentally and needs to be broken. I also had to do this very slowly to keep my safety and engagement focus (this is sped up to fit), I've noticed myself getting peripherally tight because I'm not moving from my centre. This is a story about my whole life! I keep going, move too fast and cause restriction within me whilst at the same time trying to do too much. I'm still in a process of reassessing what 'too much' means to me and my body so that I can find the perfect balance to keep giving consistently. 😊🙏🏼💚 @cuchira #yogance™ #yogancer #yogaeveryday #myyogalife #yogalover

Day 1️⃣4️⃣ #YOGANCE CHALLENGE: EXTENDED STANDING TWIST ▶️ Turned out pasé ▶️ FREESTYLE Freestyle is terrifying for me so I decided to dive straight in with this one, to get that fear out of my system ready for the next couple of days of greater challenges. Well it's not gone yet! I took several videos and this one really made me giggle! #FCKIT for sure! @cuchira #yogance™ #yogancewarriors #yogancer #keepatit #doyourthing #letloose #noexcuses #myyogalife

Day 1️⃣3️⃣ #YOGANCE CHALLENGE: Ronde de Jambe ▶️ Extended standing twist. I was away last week in a place with no phone reception or wifi so I was unable to continue the challenge. Even my mobile wifi I took failed me. I couldn't even access Insta let alone see the videos! HOWEVER I'm damned if I've got that far just to let it go. Everyone else finished 3 days ago and went their separate ways so I'm doing the rest of this baby solo to prove to myself that there are #NoExcuses for not completing the challenge despite having fallen behind. This is between me and my body. After a week out, I do see why having the daily add-ons flow smoothly and maintain momentum is so important! I feel a bit lost at sea in my mind and confidence and overwhelmed after watching the remaining videos. So I'm not going to attempt to do it all in one day! I'm coming back to the breath with this one, trusting my body and enjoying the movement. 🙏🏼 @cuchira #yogance #yogancer #yogancewarriors #yogaeveryday #yogachallenge #yogainspiration #myyogalife #commandingmyspace

Day 1️⃣2️⃣ #YOGANCE Challenge: Half Moon ▶️ Reverse Warrior ▶️ 2nd position Grand Pliés. This felt so good today. I practiced after seeing my son perform in a dance showcase which was AMAZING. Watching these kids exceed expectations always brings me to tears. CAPTION: my secret to flowing through life is to take all that inspiration that's offered to me from everywhere each day to feed the energy of my creation. When I trust those 💡moments I don't allow myself to put fear in the way of my ideas and imaginings. A moment of stillness (meditation) and a mindfulness of the energies around me reveal the path of least resistance my river flows through. On a good day 😉 @cuchira #yogance™ #letgoandfreeflow #letgoandletspiritflow #gowiththeflow #yogancer #yogafordancers

I love this daily #YOGANCE practice, I think I'm finally beginning to loosen up a bit. This is another clip from my practice for Day 1️⃣1️⃣ parts of it still feel like I've stopped 'feeling it' to zone in on how I'm going to get from A to B but practice make fluidity! I'm really happy with the way my body is responding day by day to this routine. Even my brain is remembering it! Clearly with repetition even I can memorise sequences 🙊 I spoke a bit about my skull in my main Yogance post today. Most of my dialogue though, is carried out with my guts. They are sensitive and I didn't pay attention to them for years resulting in food intolerances, gut flora imbalances, you name it 😔 so now I have to listen and learn what my gut is telling me. This week, even my gut feels better. Maybe red cabbage is the answer? #yogance™ @Cuchira #heallittlefinger #yogafordancers #yogancer #yogancewarriors #myyogalife #yogaeverydamnday

Day 1️⃣1️⃣ #YOGANCE challenge sending healing energy via the sequence to @cuchira's finger! Caption is to think about how I feel about the insides of my body... Well I talk to my insides quite a bit! I have a fascination for anatomy and I love to see how things work. Muscle charts are awesome. I often have skulls as motifs on my clothing which is pretty common these days. Back in my 20s though people used to say to me "isn't that a bit morbid?" And I was mystified at that attitude. I have a skull, you have a skull, what's morbid about that? It's beautiful. 🌸💀🌸 having said that I'm pretty sure I'd struggle to give someone stitches. Skin and needles... can be a bit weird... #anatomy #skulls #yogancer #yogance™ #yogancewarriors #dance #yogafordancers #myyogalife

Day 🔟 #YOGANCE challenge seated twist ▶️ half moon. I had to do this so many times! I was like a little clockwork woman. It really highlighted the difference in strength between my left and right sides. I tried to keep it a bit slo-mo to notice exactly where my body might be struggling. This little move is a class by itself! CAPTION: "Every decision you make will determine the final outcome" @cuchira Well there are many decisions I could look back on in my life that have led me into more challenging circumstances rather than yielding the joy or security I was hoping for. I didn't know how things worked, I bucked against the natural flow, hoping I could change and remodel people and fated circumstances to fit a pattern I wasn't even aware I hadn't created myself and could never make me happy. As I approach my 40 I can see how this saying "if you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always had" is true. And I notice the shift from attempting to change the outer world to changing and transforming my inner world to experience the outer world differently. Of course, some of the more reckless decisions I have made have ultimately forced me into a meeting with myself and the acknowledgement of the need to change as a person. 👶🏼 and for that I am grateful. I think no matter what the outcomes we experience in life, the fact is we are in control of our actions/decisions alone, we can never be fully in control of the outcome. There so many factors at play. In addition, beating ourselves up over what may retrospectively seem to have been a poor decision is never helpful. The decisions are our learning in action; the outcomes our teachers. 🙏🏼 #yogance™ #yogaisforever #myyogalife #decisionsdecisions #yogancer #yogancewarriors