Yoga - 3 pose - two week challenge

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daneejela
daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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For all of you who are beginners in yoga and feel overwhelmed with it's complexity and so many poses (or maybe you are at advanced level but have some poses that you'd like to master) here is a simple challenge:

- Pick (only) 3 yoga poses that you want to learn/master.
- Daily do those 3 poses focusing on correct alignment.
- Log at this thread that you did it for a day :)

If there would be interest I would add new rounds with new 3 poses after two weeks.
I thought it could be a nice way to seamlessly create a yoga routine.
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  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    I'll start with my three poses:

    - A tree pose
    - A downward facing dog pose
    - A cow face pose

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    I've chosen those three because I think my posture could benefit from it.
  • Macy9336
    Macy9336 Posts: 694 Member
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    I'll do it as well. My three poses are 1) half moon, 2) crow and 3) grasshopper
  • abbeyswann
    abbeyswann Posts: 2 Member
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    Im going to start tomorrow
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    Week 1 Day 1 - Done

    Hi girls, it's so nice to have company! :)

    I did it this morning after waking up, my first morning yoga ever :D It was a nice start of a day.
    I am positively surprised with a tree pose, I was feeling my glutes pretty hard trying to balancing in that pose.

  • JoanDoyleFit4192
    JoanDoyleFit4192 Posts: 16 Member
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    Ok this sounds fun
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    This sounds great!

    I did Body Balance this morning, so that was a fair bit of yoga, then I practiced a couple of things afterwards.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRnj5Km5kr8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJi8_xwo0s

    Grasshopper pose looks like something I'd like to try!

    I'm working on my handstands, too.

    My third pose I just discovered will be Eka Pada Koundinyasana I which is a bit like grasshopper.

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  • Macy9336
    Macy9336 Posts: 694 Member
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    Day 1 done sort of. Succeeded at crow. Wobbly on half moon but did it. Couldn't quite hold grasshopper...every time I try and straighten the one leg, I keel over. But that's the object of the challenge isn't it? To learn a new pose.
  • JoanDoyleFit4192
    JoanDoyleFit4192 Posts: 16 Member
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    It'll get easier ☺
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Day 1 done sort of. Succeeded at crow. Wobbly on half moon but did it. Couldn't quite hold grasshopper...every time I try and straighten the one leg, I keel over. But that's the object of the challenge isn't it? To learn a new pose.

    Exactly!
    Downward dog is much easier pose than grasshopper, and yet my downward dog today is probably far away of correct, but this is first day :) I am looking forward to see how much progress can be done in two weeks :)
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    abbeyswann wrote: »
    Im going to start tomorrow

    Awesome :) Pick your poses and jump in :)
  • Nesphyd
    Nesphyd Posts: 5 Member
    edited June 2017
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    Great challenge, it just so happens that today I did my very first +20min yoga workout. :smiley:

    Poses:
    - downward facing dog
    - revolved crescent lunge
    - crow

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  • JoanDoyleFit4192
    JoanDoyleFit4192 Posts: 16 Member
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    Day one done
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    Week 1 Day 1 - Done
    Week 1 Day 2 - Done
  • Macy9336
    Macy9336 Posts: 694 Member
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    Can't do Day 2, suffering from sciatica really badly today. I can't get out of bed. I should be ok tomorrow. I hope that's ok for the challenge...to allow for off days?
  • Nesphyd
    Nesphyd Posts: 5 Member
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    Week 1, Day 1: done
    Week 2, Day 2: done
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
    edited June 2017
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    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Can't do Day 2, suffering from sciatica really badly today. I can't get out of bed. I should be ok tomorrow. I hope that's ok for the challenge...to allow for off days?

    Of course! Take a rest, don't risk an injury!
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    Week 1, Day 1: done
    Week 1, Day 2: done
    Week 1, Day 3: done
  • Agkerrick
    Agkerrick Posts: 22 Member
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    Okay, I definitely want in on this. I will pick my 3 poses and begin week 1 tomorrow! I will post my 3 chosen poses tonight, once I select them. Thanks. This will help my use the yoga fan of poses that I received for Christmas.
  • Macy9336
    Macy9336 Posts: 694 Member
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    Day 3 done. It was a bit touch and go as my hay fever was acting up...so I had tissues scattered around me. But did the poses.
  • daneejela
    daneejela Posts: 461 Member
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    Week 1, Day 1: done
    Week 1, Day 2: done
    Week 1, Day 3: done
    Week 1, Day 4: done
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    I've noticed that my left side is much weaker and much stiffer then my right side. I can do cow face with right arm up with no problem, but with left arm I am not even close.
    Same thing with tree pose, on the right I have full motion of leg to the side, but on the left I have at most 70%.
    What do you think should I practice more on the left side to "catch up" with the right?

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