If you're in the mood for a little more today....

This is a great way to spend 40 minutes of your life. (Just be ready for a lot of jumping jacks! Fair warning all you mama's out there.)

Yoga for Advanced & Yoga for Beginners

Yoga for my very advanced friends...

So, the first half I spent trying the different poses, but by the end my kids and I were just laughing at the thought of even attempting what she was doing. Ha! We had a good time, but even though I laugh, I can say there are poses I laughed at when I first started practicing, that now I can do. In fact, I just achieved headstand!! The great thing about yoga (and any exercise), you just start where you are and push yourself a little more every time. You can do great things this way!  You've heard it said I'm sure, when it gets hard and you keep going, that's when you get stronger. True. True. And what I love the most is this is a great analogy for life! Everything I practice when I exercise I can take out and practice in life. Now go achieve something wonderful! ;)

But before you go, let me leave something for my beginning friends...

Breathing is key in yoga. This is best video I could find that explains it. (She starts actually teaching it around minute two.) She said something about it being called a Darth Vader breath which she doesn't like, but I do. It makes it easier to understand. Anyway, take from it what you will.

Here are some other basic poses, every beginner should understand.

I better stop there or I could go on forever. I'll post some more goodies another time. For now, you can work on these. :)

-Laura

Wednesday is Yoga Day

Yoga makes me feel fabulous every time I do it. Here's today's dose of greatness. Adriene is one of my favorite YouTube yogis. <3

If you haven't tried a lot of yoga but would like to you can find a ton of beginner videos on YouTube. I'll also post some of my favorites soon.