10 minute challenge – last 2 days!!

Hello all!

Well? Nearly there! Are you ready for a big finish? Just today and tomorrow left to go! I feel like we should have a party…

Maybe we should…what about Wednesday night? Click here.

I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have and continue doing a daily 10 minutes as often as possible. I feel all fired up about my personal practice: I hope you feel the same

If you can make it to the Western tomorrow night: I look forward to seeing you there.

Cheers all,

Keith

Halfway through!! Congratulations! (and keep going)

Well done guys! I don’t know about you, but this 10 minutes is really getting me enthused about doing some personal practice. Yoga is a real multiplier: the more often you do it, the more beneficial it becomes. Keep up the good work.

10 Minute Plan No 7 – Audio-ish

Ok. The stick men are in the post below. I have promised a friend an audio version of the 10 minute plans and I finally did one…kinda.

The usual disclaimer: this just an aide-mémoire to what you know already. I’ve tried to do it in real time (interestingly for me: the 10 minute session was originally 20 long…I’ve choped it down to 14).

Halfway there! Keep up the good work…let your disappointments fall away and get back on your yoga mat tomorrow.

Namaste

Keith

10 Minute Yoga Challenge

One day more….

Yoga challenge starts tomorrow. The plan is easy: do 10 minutes of your own practice every day for 28 days and observe the difference.

Yoga gets better for you the more you do it. Flexibility improves with lots of repetition: 10 minutes a day is better for your development than a 2 hour class once a week. BKS Iyengar says ‘…you…are in a position to build up a good practice in only 2 or 3 years, provided your stick with it for as little as 10 minutes a day and have a good teacher.’ ( p70, Light on Life, 2005). I’m not prepared to speak for the quality of the teaching, but 10 minutes a day will get you off to a great start.

Check out the yoga categories here: 10 minute plan for some sequences or feel free to make your own (based on things you’ve done in class). The plans I’ve prepared are really just an aide memoire for things you’ve done in class, the descriptions are far from exhaustive – check them out in a book, but don’t get hung up on the detail: get the habit and develop awareness of what your body is communicating back to you…the detail will follow in good time.

Your practice will vary depending on what you do, or what time you do it at, and what type of person you are. I’ve read, heard and been told that when practicing in the evening, your body is more flexible, but your mind might be a bit dull and tired. In morning your body is reputedly less flexible, but your brain is brighter. These people have obviously not met me in the mornings…Again, awareness is the key: you can’t just run through the motions – you will benefit more from getting the habit of observing the information coming back from your body.

The ideal would be to spend 10 minutes on your mat. No need to change: just kick off your shoes. But it’s vital not to introduce barriers: make it easy to get the 10 minutes done every day. If you’re struggling, do it in front of the telly; you could do a forward bend sitting on the edge of yourt seat at work; you could do Uttanasana with your hands to the worktop in the kitchen while waiting on the kettle boiling. Be creative: 10 minutes is easy. It really is!

Good luck out there people! Please post your comments and ideas for success on the blog and lets encourage each other to stick at it thru February.

Day 1 tomorrow. More 10 min plans to follow. You can do it!!!!