day 36 - ignite your shakti but SLOWLY
Attention!
I experienced
something new today. Though Adriene uploaded a new video today I picked another
channel to guide me. Actually, this wasn’t a channel but a community. “DoYogaWithMe”
I reached them through google search and one month ago I saved as favourite
some of the links. One of them was a 30 days of challenges. I though a grey
Sunday morning would be great to experience something new!
This is the link I saved.
Let’s talk
about the flow.
Dudes, if
today’s video is called yoga, I am not doing it at all. I was stupefied with
the difficulty and fastness of the movements. I honestly admit I couldn’t catch
the flow and I had to look at the video more than 5 times although the women
giving the lesson explained everything clearly. It was SO fast.
The title
is called “Ignite your Shakti” I chose this because I think a sweaty morning
yoga creating some energy to start the day would be perfect. I am used to do
yoga with Adriene and Adriene is always slow and mindful about the movements
& flows. She explains everything gently without a rush. This pal does not
let you to breathe though… Okay the flow was great, no objections to that. The
movements and the energy, they were totally good. HOWEVER as I have told you I
couldn’t catch it. My thoughts during the flow like “what’s next? Ha? Weren’t
we just there? Wait a second. But I didn’t raise my left hand yet! Hey!! Should
I stop the video? Should I check the pose?” etc. etc. If I learnt to this flow
properly and did it on my own without a video or a guide I think I could be
better at it. I was doing yoga with this lady for the first time and I think
this video was a wrong choice. (or maybe I am not ready for faster flows) I
will continue to try to do yoga with her though.
At least I
learnt some new movements. Wheel Pose / Urdhva Dhanurasana was hard to perform
for the first-timers. People do it by flowing from mountain pose though… From
standing postures to back bends is for advanced yogis. I have thought myself as
an intermediate yogi but I guess I am still a beginner…
Note to
self for today: I will try faster flows to keep myself updated for challenges.
Let's learn corner of today's post: What is shakti though?
Shakti is believed to be the energy of the entire universe and in the yogic philosophy one of the smallest representatives of the universe is YOU. Your body, mind and spirit create a universe. Shati is what connects
you with life and its endeavours, not only physically but also mentally. So, by
doing yoga you also meditate. Your prana Shakti and shitta Shakti are activated
by this way. To sum up, while you are doing some specific postures in your flow
you add a good amount of energy to your Shakti.
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