#fiji mcalpine

[fitandbalance]

It seems that I have finally managed to get a hold of my sleeping patterns and since then I've been feeling a lot better. So today I decided to go for a more challenging practice and did this amazing advanced class taught by the amazing Fiji McAlpine. Like always, Fiji kicked my butt and I had to take some child's poses to catch my breath, but eventually I got through it, and it felt amazing in the end. This class is mostly focused on shoulders and hips, but your legs are also gone burn, a lot! For a vinyasa class it's more on the slow side, with longer holds, which made me struggle, a lot! Definitely a class more focused on strength building, even though you do have some nice stretching interwoven throughout. And, I just love Fiji! I seriously want her arms!

[fitandbalance]

Insanity, stretches and backbends

So today I started Insanity, and it was, well... INSANE! Really, I thought I was dying and that was because it was only the fit test, and I took way longer breaks than they took in the video. Still, I was really happy with myself that I managed to complete it, and now that I know how bad my stamina is, I'm even more motivated. I will do this, even if it takes me 3 hours to do a 45 minutes set.

For yoga, I started with A Seated, Whole Body Hatha Yoga Flow, by David Procyshyn, which I did with my mom. This class is great if you are looking for stretching. It's begginer, but it does have some interesting poses, like some binds and twists, plus, as always with David, it's super relaxing. My mom suffered a little  though, and made me laugh several times, as usual.

Then I did Backbending From Base Intermediate Yoga Class with Fiji McAlpine, on my own. This was a great class, like usual, from Fiji. My only complaint is that we should maybe get into wheel a couple more times, since this is sort of the "climax" pose, but still, it was a great class, and I can't wait to get even better at my backbends.

[solidindecision]

This flow was wonderfully challenging & worthwhile. I'd only recommend this to those who have a solid foundation and are looking to move up from their intermediate practice. 

[healthy-maguda]

lat time I did yoga was on sunday.... I would like to practice yoga more often. But it is a bit hard for me to adjust to a new schedule. From Sep 12th I`ve been working/teaching everyday, counting in hours I travel to and from work I am busy from 5pm to 9:30pm, when I come back home. And it is hard for me to organise my day since I have to leave at 5pm. I feel like I have "no time" before I leave, which is quite inreasonable. But that`s how it is. 

I could use the mornings to do yoga, learn, make a plan for the day/week and stick to it. I will try.

Anyway. I did this class. I love Fiji`s classes. When I feel so uninspired, the hard work she makes me do on my yoga mat gives me power! :D So, now I`ll make some nice soup and post about it later and off to Warsaw to prepare for work tomorrow. 

BTW, I remember when a couple months ago I wasn`t able to do the wheel pose in this sequence and it made me cry, bringing up all different emotions and my frustration at my own imperferction... :) It is still hard, but now I can do it. And it is interesting, because normally I can do wheel no problemo, I like it too, but in this sequence, it is hard! But it is funny how yoga puts things in perspective for me. I can see progress in the long run, even though day to day there seems to be no difference. Thank you yoga. For making me realize small tiny actions can change me, that I can change as I want to and have enough strenght for.... life maybe.

[healthy-maguda]

ooooooooohhhhh, just did this, it`s past midnight, but it was soooo good to do this at night, during the day it was too hot to do anything. even now sweat was dripping down my body to the mat, which with time I started to appreciate, like sweat is a reward for making your body work. :) 

overall this week I:

- ran 2,41km, first time jogging, yay!

- did some yoga

- rode 24km by bicycle 

so it wasn`t a lot, but I got a good workout 3 times this week and considering it`s my period week and it was crazy hot, I think it`s great :) anyway, time to sleep, pack over the weekend and head to Seoul on monday for summer holidays, yay!

[healthy-maguda]

OMG, this is toooo hard after a break from yoga!! All those planks, chairs, this class is sooo challenging - 25min into the video I`m dying D: I`ll try to finish it with breaks though!

FIGHTING!

I love Fiji`s wise inspiring words!

Ps. After being like "it`s tooooo much!!!T_T" I gave up and did THIS video instead. D: Better than nothing if you ask me. 

[healthy-maguda]

I just did this video. Sweat --> long warm shower --> heaven.

[healthy-maguda]

Sundays are usually a day to be lazy, but I also often go to see my parents in my hometown nearby (15km on bike, there and back), so I get a bit of an excercise.

(Sometimes a lot, as as soon as I get on a bicycle I JUST CAN`T cycle slow, I HAVE to run fast like a demon RRRAAWWWR, lol. I just like riding so fast, I can`t help it. XD)

Also in the morning I did this yoga flow (I am a fan of this instructor), so I got quite a lot of activity today I think. Now 1 private lesson and time to be lazy and go to bed ^^*