Day: 7
Where: At Home
Type of Yoga: Evening Stress Release Parts One and Two
Source: HULU PLUS-Yoga Zone Channel
Source: HULU PLUS-Yoga Zone Channel
Time: Part One-19 min. Part Two-21 min. Total=40 min.
In honor of the weekend, the last day of my first week of yoga each and every day, and the first weekend that feels like a true summer weekend (at least in my part of the world), we are combining my two favorite things...Vodka and Yoga. Sort of. I found the cutest little website. This step by step slideshow is a guide called Yoga to the Rescue-Cure Your Hangover:
They also have slideshows for "Feel Sexy" Yoga, "Boost Your Energy" and "Calm Your Nerves", all with adorably illustrated slide shows. Loving this particular slide:
Hands down best visualization for me regarding poses of this nature. Let me just tell you, if there is a beer/wine/cocktail in my grip, and I feel a stumble coming on, I will follow any means necessary not to spill it. My college days are the backdrop for many a scraped and bruised elbow and knee. Falls that could have been easily avoided if I had just let the drink go and allowed my body to protect itself naturally. Rest assured, back then I was boozing like it was my job. To this day, if I am walking with a drink in hand and I start to stumble, I will break my face off before I spill a drop.
I may have been a few vodkas into the evening when I came across this slide show, but I think this is the best idea ever! Although I am not sure how I would feel about actually doing yoga with a hangover (I am sure, however, that I will sometime in the near future, find out).
Side note: I am sipping on my new favorite vodka drink this weekend, I saw this idea on The Little Cookbook.com. Simple easy and no yucky stuff from store-bought mixers getting in the way. Vodka, water, a sprig of fresh rosemary from my back yard, lots of freshly squeezed lemon, on the rocks...mmmmmmm...ahhhhhh...helllloooooo Friday evening relaxation.
I liked the Evening Yoga, really helped me relax. Well that as well as the Vodka. No drinks in between poses, I kept it clean...but I did consider it.
Just added Rosemary to my shopping list. On my way to the store now.
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ReplyDeleteHere is the recipe:
http://thelittlecookbook.com/2012/09/26/lemon-and-rosemary-vodka/
I used raw sugar, and just a little to make a teensy bit of "syrup" (I didn't put in as much as recommeded). I omitted the syrup on my second, and it was great without it! Enjoy!