wild inside out

Items 1374-1424: various items - will be donated

Another day skipped (yesterday). But today I did this morning sequence. I sort of lost track of what to do in the beginning (as it is almost completely done on the back which means you cannot look at the video) but really liked the end with interlacing the hands and then releasing over your head. Also I liked that my dog joined me towards the end for some cuddles. 

I reallyreally like this one. Only had a little bit of time (as always, sigh) so I did another short video. 

Tuesday I did this one. I had upper back pain which I think resulted from having lower back pain and then moving around awkwardly. It did help a little. 

By the way: I decided that I want to add a little work with my dumbbells sometimes and the tiny human decided to grab the paper my burger was wrapped in and pull it with my burger on top. That resulted in my burger falling to the floor. Tiny human, please let me eat.

Day 17 left me almost no time so I did the shortest sequence I could find. I really liked it though.

I feel much much better today. And I love love love this sequence, even though I find it progresses a little bit too quickly. Like yesterday I am taking care of the tiny human by myself which means I used the rare occasion that she is sleeping all by herself. Such a big thing, since that almost never happenes. I chose this shorter sequence because sleeping alone usually only lasts 10-15 minutes. Outside the sun is setting and turning in sky into all kinds of beautiful colors. I will put the tiny human into the baby carrier and take her outside for a walk in the cold. 

On a more personal side: Today was a stupid day. Due to misunderstandings I couldn’t come with my boyfriend to visit his brother (dear boyfriend’s brother, please communicate differently in the future!). Now I am sorta stuck at my boyfriend’s parents house (we wanted to stop here for a night before driving the rest of the way) until sunday. I really dislike being here at the moment. Things haven’t been going so smoothly recently with his parents. To escape the weird emotions I am feeling (and to not force myself to blurt out everything that is bothering me) and to calm the tiny human I went on a long walk with the tiny human in my baby carrier. Best decision all day. I thought about mental and material clutter and decided to make a list of what to donate/toss when I come home. I started by visualizing the things at home and thinking about them. Do I need them? Do I want to keep them? Without actually seeing the items the decision making is much easier. I already decided that two pullovers and two t-shirts need to go. Now I am really looking forward to coming home. I also started a list with things I haven’t done in a long time and want to start doing again. Like drawing with watercolor. 

Tomorrow we will leave for the weekend. I will try to squeeze my yoga mat into the car. 

Today’s sequence was hands free yoga. I somehow expected something different from this video (though I couldn’t pinpoint what exactly). I really liked the triangle pose and not doing downward dog. Almost two weeks done. Wow!

Lots of balancing in this one. And I sucked at balancing. Doesn’t matter. I wanted to do a headstand in between but didn’t do it. I still felt the knot in my back before I got my legs up, so I stopped trying. Hopefully the knot will disappear soon.

Day 11 came and I almost didn’t find time to do any yoga. In the evening I finally squeezed in this sequence. As you can see it is not Yoga with Adriene. It was strange hearing another voice and I prefer Yoga with Adriene. I did, however, really enjoy the five longest breaths of the day in the end.

Catching up with posting. On day 10 I did this very short sequence for the upper back. It did help a little with the knot in my shoulder. It does feel too short though. I am really sad about the fact that i only have about 15 to 30 minutes to myself at the moment. I am looking forward to times when I will have 30-45 minutes to do longer sequences.

No headstand yesterday. By the time I got to the end of this video the tiny human had woken up from an extremely long (aka 30 minutes) nap. So I got her & put her on my belly while doing savasana. The dog joined us and we all cuddled and rested for a little bit. Somehow I managed to make some strange moves and use the muscles in my upper back in a weird way. That led to back pain. Ouch! Luckily it’s almost gone, I will nevertheless only do a short sequence today.

I have done this sequence several times before and always enjoy it a lot. Before having the tiny human I was really good at balancing poses, like the tree pose. Now I am struggling with balancing on one leg. I hope that once the hundred days are over, I will have found some of my old balance back.