from a workout this weekend
Good Evening! My husband is watching some football game so I’m hanging out on my computer tonight, cause I really don’t care about college football:)
This morning, I took my first yoga class of the year. A lovely class with Megan. I really like her, it’s clear that she knows what she is talking about. We did a little bit of everything today, a lot of different muscles working which was nice. She put focus for this class on how our body respond to fear or anxiety or similar things that can creep up on you especially around the winter months when motivation might fail you. When we feel stressed or anxious we tend to put that in our bodies. Doesn’t matter if it’s big life decision kinda of fear or if it’s something small like fear for not standing in a certain yoga pose correctly, our body respond. First thing that happens in my body when I start thinking a lot or feel stressed or something, is to clench my jaw, especially now when it’s freezing outside. So during the whole class today I put a lot of focus on my jaw and face muscles. Other people might have felt that their hips were tight, they got lower back pain or their shoulders went up to their ears. It’s always good to be reminded to release and relax. And breathe it out.
Very nice to go back into yoga. This week I will try to mix both yoga classes and workouts at the gym. Besides hiking, I can’t imagine we’ll work out much during our vacation, so it’s nice to be a little active now before:)