Yoga is all about what you put into it.
You can make each and every yoga class a walk in the park. You can day dream your way through it and do the bare minimum.
Pigeon Pose???
Or.
Or you can push yourself further into every pose, stretching your muscles and making your body work.
Today I pushed myself and it was definitely a workout.
I’ll be 100 percent honest when I say that I used to think yoga was not a work out. I now know I wasn’t pushing myself and I wasn’t immersing myself in the stretches and sun salutations. Yoga is not the same kind of workout as a BodyPump class or intervals on the treadmill, but it is a workout.
Breakfast
After yoga and a long walk with Sadie, I was more than ready for a cold breakfast!
Apple Yogurt Bowl
I made myself an apple yogurt bowl by combining the following:
- Vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/2 sliced Granny Smith apple (the other half went into my mouth)
- 1 c. cooked Flax-Z-Snax butter pecan hot cereal
- Three dashes nutmeg
Nutmeg Makes Things Prettier... And Tastier
Well Hello There!
What It Really Looks Like When I Eat It
I love the serious staying power that I get from a breakfast that combines high-protein Greek yogurt, whole grains and fresh fruit.
Sch-weet!
Question of the Morning
It’s an open-ended one…
What are your thoughts on yoga? Love it? Hate it? Think it’s a bunch of boo-hockey? Think it’s life-changing?
Share away! 😀
![\"Quantcast\"/](\"//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-1e3-7hOJ_U8Bg.gif\")
Love this post, it applies to the yoga challenge I have given myself. Prior to starting my class, I thought yoga was boring and not a work out at all. It’s just a bunch of poses, wippe!
Oh, no I was wrong. I think it all depends on the instructor, and like you said what you put into it. So far after 3 classes, I love it! I have found myself challenging myself into stretching into the poses. Instead of comparing myself to the other participants I am only comparing myself to myself! It’s an awesome feeling 🙂 I feel that stretching is usually forgotten, and it’s pretty important. Plus, I have noticed yoga works your muscles in a completely different way than weight lifting. And I am working muscles I didn’t even realize I had. Who knew maneuvering your body into a pose could work your core better than crunches, not me! And so far with yoga, I finally feel that I can completely zone out and focus on my body. Being aware of the power within it is pretty awesome! 🙂
I think yoga can be an awesome workout depending on both the instructor and how hard you work at it. But I will say that the very FIRST time I tried yoga, I actually dislocated my knee doing it. Ouch! It was at home with a yoga DVD and I had worked up quite a sweat beforehand though. I have only tried yoga a couple times since then, but I think I am a little afraid that I will do something like that again.
I did regular yoga for years, became an instructor and then stopped practicing. About 3 months ago I tried hot yoga [Moksha] and fell back in love!
I like yoga okay. I enjoy the stretches and how it relaxes my body. I love the standing yoga poses as well as the stretches for strength and stamina. I still haven’t mastered the sun salutations, but hope to within time. And there are so many different types of yoga, so it does involve some research.
I absolutely LOVE yoga! It’s actually my main source of exercise and I lost weight over time after doing for a few years. I actually look fit with lean defined muscles.
I can’t imagine my life without it!
Hee, hee, I love your pigeon pose face! I never really got into yoga. I really like pilates though!
I always thought Yoga was a joke until I tried Bikram yoga. Now THAT is a work out! It has done wonders for my flexibility, strength, endurance, appearance and self esteem! Now I make sure to do it a couple times a week
I love yoga!! I wish I did it more often! I feel so engergized and stretched after a class! I recently bought Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown DVD and its a great workout! She keeps it moving when some yoga can be very calm and a little boring! check it out!