frozen yoga

it's a balmy -24 degrees in my corner of the world today--pretty chilly.  so, i thought i'd be clever and attempt to tie-in the frozen weather with a topic i've wanted to mention on this blog for a few weeks now: yoga.

ok.  i started dabbling in the yoga world a few weeks ago and i'll be real with you, no one was a bigger hater on yoga than  me.  when i work out, i like to get violent with it.  i like running and kicking and punching and sweating and hurting.  i don't like frou frou stretching and breathing and feeling good about the universe and listening to jazz (with a soft 'j') flute.

however, lately my favorite workouts have been a lot of just hurting and not so much running and kicking and punching and sweating.  since i like those things more than i hate stretching and breathing etc., my only option was to make friends with the enemy so i can be all chill and flexible and coordinated enough to get back to my rage place in my sweat dungeon.  enter yoga.

i thought a good compromise between my typical hate workouts and a more touchy-feely workout would be if i put jillian michaels on the job.  so far, i am not dissapointed.  yoga, to my surprise, is effective.  i'm more flexible.  my IT band isn't as problematic (i ran my first mile straight threw last week which is a big victory coming off my injury a few months ago.)

also to my surprise, yoga is tough, friends.  it is a serious workout and i deffinitely did not give it the credit it deserves. plus, you don't have to leave home and once you have the moves down, you can bust them out just about anywhere. and, practicing yoga makes it ok to go wandeirng around town in 'yoga pants' without just coming off as being too lazy for real pants. i mean, everyone else might still think you're just being lazy, but you'll know you're legit.

if you're looking for a way to stay warm and start limbering up just in time for valentine's day (ooooh la la!), click here on mind, body, green's beginning yoga website.  try out a couple of poses over the next few weeks and let me know how it goes (with the posing, not the v-day escapades  )