Day #4 Of Yoga in My Pajamas...

Yesterday I had absolutely nothing to do when I got home from work. It was a nice change from the running around I had been doing the past few days. So I made some spaghetti and sat down with Nathan and we enjoyed dinner together.

A few hours after dinner, I decided instead of doing a Yoga DVD, I was going to just go through every Yoga pose I knew, one at a time. I started off by doing just some Sun Salutations to warm up. Then I did all of the Bikram Yoga postures first. Since I had been going to class for over 3 years now, I know them in order pretty well. It was really different to do them in a non-heated room. I started off by doing all of the postures two times, like a regular Bikram class, but when I got to Trikonasana, I switched to only doing one set. It wasn't because I was lazy, I just didn't want to be doing Yoga all night long...I know a lot of postures!

When I was done with the Bikram series, I stood back up and began doing Warrior series. I was amazed to see how stretched and open I was. I guess Bikram really does do a great job of stretching all of your muscles!

At the end, I tried some inverted postures. I began with my new favorite: Crow. After a few tries, I managed to stay in the posture for about 3 minutes before my arms started shaking. I then did a supported handstand. I first tried it without the wall, and kept losing my balance, so I did it up against the wall and stayed in the posture for about 5 minutes. My cat kept coming over to my upside down face & brushing up against me like he was saying, "Why are you upside down?" When I was done with the supported headstand, I tried the tripod version. I am just starting to do this headstand, so I am not very good at it. After trying many times, I decided to just lay in savasana instead. I was pretty worn out at that point, as I had been doing postures for over two hours! Man, what a home class!

Tonight I am going to do either a Yoga DVD or see what FitTV has to offer. Or maybe I will take YogaToday's free class again, since it was such a good one on Monday. I will keep you posted!

Day #3 Of Yoga in My Pajamas...

Yesterday was another long day, but it was more fun than Monday because I got to take a Zumba class with a bunch of friends. We went out for pizza afterwards, and I didn't get home until 10pm. When I got home, I sat down on the couch and passed out! So unfortunately, I didn't get any Yoga in yesterday at all. Unless of course you count my couch nap as an extended savasana.

It felt good to just pass out though...

Tonight I am back in full force with yoga in my pajamas. I will keep you posted!

Day #2 Of Yoga in My Pajamas...

Last night didn't go as well as I had planned. The HypnoYogaOnline.com class didn't run, so I was left to come up with something fast. So I did 10 Sun Salutations, and then layed with my legs up the wall for a good 15 minutes. While it wasn't a full class, it did feel invigorating, and since I skipped savasana on Monday night, it felt good to relax with my legs up the wall!

Tonight, I am taking a Zumba Class at 7:30pm and then I am going out to dinner with friends. When I get home (late!!!) I am going to do a FitTV Yoga class...

Day #1 Of Yoga in My Pajamas...

Mondays are my long days. I am at work from 8:30am-5pm, and then I drive straight to class where I dance for 3 hours. I don't usually get home before 10pm on Monday nights, and I am usually too pooped to do anything else when I get home.

However, last night was my first night of a week full of Yoga in my Pajamas! So at 10:30pm I logged on to YogaToday.com to take the free class they offer. I was pretty exhausted when I started the class, but just kind of told myself to hush up and began the class.

I did the class in my bedroom, and instead of using a yoga mat, I just put those sticky Yoga socks on my feet. Unfortunately at the first downward dog, I realized that I probably should have laid out my mat because my hands were sliding out from underneath me!

Things were going great, until about a quarter of the way into the class, my cat decided he was going to attack my toes while I was in Warrior 2! So I had to come out of the pose, shoo my cat out of the room and close the door. No more distractions...

The instructor of the video was really good! I found that even though she wasn't in the room with me, her instructions were very clear and I was able to make the needed adjustments to my body in each pose. I even did some postures I have never done before, but they didn't hurt me and the instructor was very clear, so I am confident I did them as best as I could.

The only part of class that was lacking for me was the savasana at the end. We did some breathing exercises at the end of class, but then it was over - no relaxation. I guess that was up to me, but of course I didn't do it.

So far, I am really enjoying doing Yoga in my PJ's. Yoga Today's online class was not only informative, but it was pretty fun! I'd recommend the class to anyone who just doesn't feel like they can get out of the house to take a regular yoga class.

Tonight's class - a LIVE interactive Yoga class with Page Turner at Hypno Yoga Online. I probably won't be able to wear my pajamas for this one - everyone will be able to see me!