Monthly Archives: April 2012

Late night tiny yoga blog

Just a tiny post to say that doing yoga before bed is so incredibly restorative. Ahhh. Good night.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Morning yoga

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This morning I managed to get motivated and gave a new YouTube yoga video a try.  It was led by the same teacher as the other one I’ve been using.  This one was a “heart expanding” practice.  … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Resuming

After what feels like a very long hiatus, I went for a run today. I suppose I had excuses– Damn Foot, being sick, parental visit, nasty weather, and so on– but still, it’s been a while. I did 2 miles … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

24 April, 2012 13:07

Reluctantly back to the gym– I managed to catch a cold while my parents were here visiting (probably too much stress and not enough sleep the week before) so I feel pretty crappy today. Nevertheless, J dragged me and I … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Grounded

It has been a Week.  Between crazy things happening at work and my parents coming to visit and stay with me this weekend I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off.  Wednesday and Thursday were … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Weights and tai chi

Today is a two-fer: weight lifting in the morning and tai chi in the afternoon. Spending too much time in the gym? Check! I finally bit the bullet and tried out some new lifting techniques. To replace the silly seated … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Taking it easy

Playing tennis yesterday stretched out a few muscles that hadn’t gotten used for a while (mostly the ones that move my legs laterally– skidding sideways across the court is nothing like running forward down the trail!) so I ran just … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

It’s still fun!

My partner and I hit the tennis court for the first time this year.  It was really fun!  I’m very rusty and he’s, um, pretty new to tennis so it was lots of chasing little yellow balls flying every which … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Focus

It feels like forever since I got a run in, so I did an easy 3 miles today. Nothing terribly strenuous or fast, but it felt good. There’s a peculiar kind of focus I get when I run– I’m trying … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Anti-cheating procedures

Went to the weight room at the normal time today and changed up a few things to see how they worked, plus I wanted to stop myself from “cheating” my lifts. I focused on my lower body and core today, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment