Yoga

I know this blog is supposed to be about travel plans but today I just needed to tell someone about my experience in yoga today. First off I do yoga twice a week it really helps with my flexibility and back pain. The type of yoga is from Barron Baptiste and is called Power Vinyasa Yoga, my mentor Judy has gone to Mexico the past two summers to retreats and is amazing!
Today was great my balance poses were going amazingly well and for the first time I got all the way to half moon. This one has been hard for me lately because of my hips being so tight, riding that darn bicycle too much (even though we all know that is Impossible). For some reason today I just felt in the zone. After this pose Judy pulled out a couple new poses and the next one that I was super excited about was Bird of Paradise. This is one that is extremely hard, in not only a balance sense but also in hamstring flexibility. Since my balance today was on it just felt amazing and that definitely made it easier. Here is a good step by step process that I found on the good old interweb.
One thing I really love about this yoga practice is day in and day out I don't have to be 100% in the zone to get all the benefits from it. Then every once in awhile you have a day, like today, where you just get a good yoga buzz going making you excited for the rest of your day.
If you ever have wanted to try a yoga class I definitely would recommend a power vinyasa class especially if you are a guy. It gets you sweating and is a little more athletic for those first time yoga goers.