I am a little sad about being four days behind. I know some people doubled up day 5 and 6 but that seems like a Very Bad Idea for a pregnant person who has already experienced a complication, so I am just going to enjoy that Day 5 was a little more restful and save 6 for tomorrow.
Another challenge I’m facing is that it is REALLY COLD down here. It is hard to take my socks off and yesterday I did the whole routine in long pants and a sweater. But if I do yoga upstairs, (1) I have to wait until the kids leave for school, which is later than I would otherwise start and (2) the cat might interfere, as I would not have a door.
Day 5 was the very stretchy one. I had no trouble with the deep squat and don’t need support in pigeon (I practice that one regularly even if I am not doing yoga and can even lift my hands to prayer), BUT I had a lot of trouble with the part where you cross one ankle over the other thigh and then interlace your fingers behind the thigh. I can only do this on one side! The other side I was hanging on but couldn’t interlace. I didn’t even used to think of this as a difficult stretch! Well, this is why it’s good to be yoga-ing.
I doubled up 8 and 9 and actually skipped some of 8 (I already do some breathing exercises and I skipped a lot of the laying down stuff so I could get to 9 sooner).
My basement is also very very cold. I have an electric space heater that I run while I’m doing it. I also start in a sweater with fluffy socks on and gradually strip layers as I warm up.
I do my yoga in my frigid attic and I start off draped in a blanket. As we do more stuff and I warm up I take it off, then I put it back on for the cooldown/shivasana.
I’m behind and just finished ab day - does anyone have any suggestions for how to relax my neck during ab stuff? Anytime I do ab work where I’m not supporting my head with my hands, I kind of clench through the front of my neck for support. I can’t figure out how NOT to do it, and it’s the limiting factor in some of these moves. Lol. Stopped by neck fatigue.
Day 6 complete. I wasn’t feeling well yesterday (sudden drops of energy and then much napping, with headache) so I decided not to risk it, dropping me another day behind. Got the folded towel position right for child pose. Hopefully I can replicate that again in the future.
Half of 8 is just lying down!