Recently I've been doing more yoga. A lot more, actually. Especially when you consider how much yoga I've done in previous months (none). Back
in November I shared that I was getting back into a regular practice, the promptly abandoned my efforts.
In the past couple of weeks, though, yoga has crept back into my life. I did not plan this, it just happened. All of a sudden I found myself doing regular yoga podcast classes from
Dave Farmar,
YogaDownload,
Eoin Finn, and more. What's more, I've been enjoying these full-on 60 to 90 minute flows-come-glorious sweat sessions. I think I've managed to get on my mat every day for the past week or so, and it's left me feeling more centered, limber, and strong than I have in a long time -- or perhaps ever. It's a different kind of strength than that involved in running a race or climbing a mountain or hefting bales (I've done all three more than once). Yoga strength, for me, goes deeper and seems to seep into the core of my body and my mental well-being. I'm starting to think that everybody should do more yoga.
You'll understand my delight at the synchronicity that led Emily from
YogaDownload to contact me with a generous offer for you, my amazing readers. I wanted to share yoga, and now I can -- I am giving away one free elite membership to
YogaDownload's online yoga classes! This will provide unlimited access to
YogaDownload's huge range of quality (and I really do endorse them) audio and video classes, normally worth $89.95 US.
Before I get to the details on how to win this fabulous prize, I want to issue a yoga challenge. Throw down the
gomukhasana gauntlet, if you will. Join me in getting on the mat for any kind of yoga practice --
daily. The beauty of this challenge is that it can mean many different things. Perhaps you'll do an hour-long class, or maybe you'll partake of one of many
10-20 minute yoga classes available free online. Maybe you will meditate/pray, or devote a few moments to
chair yoga at work. I enjoy getting yoga teacher
Katrina Ariel's free breathing exercise in my inbox each morning. Yoga can mean so many things!
Are you with me? Will you commit to practicing yoga (whatever that might mean to you) every day for the next seven days? I'll be posting my progress here, and I hope that you'll join me. It will be fun!
Back to the contest. To enter, simply comment below with a response to this question:
How do you think a regular practice is (or can be, for those who don't do yoga regularly) valuable to you?After you do that, you can also earn entries by doing one or more of the following (1 entry per extra, and be sure to comment when you've done one):
- Follow Kitchen Courage on Facebook or via Google/Blogger (widgets to the right).
- Subscribe to the Kitchen Courage feed.
- Tweet! Post this via your Twitter account: Om This! Take the #yoga challenge to win a free @YogaDownload membership! http://tinyurl.com/ykaqd8p @betherann
- Link to this post on Facebook.
- Post a link to the challenge and giveaway on your blog.
- Do yoga everyday for the next week (April 3-10), and comment here each day with your daily yoga venture. (Yep, that means 7 entries for participants in the Om This challenge!)
I will announce the randomly selected winner on Sunday, April 11.
In the meantime, enjoy another
YogaDownload treat. From now through April 5, get 35% off your entire
YogaDownload order with the coupon code
KitchenCourage. Thank you, Emily!
Get your entries in! You, too, can experience the fun and funky bliss of a daily yoga practice, just like me:
Unless, of course, you value your dignity. Yoga can be fun without acting like a goof, I promise.
On on unrelated note -- did you know that today is Good Friday? Today Christians remember Jesus' crucifixion and death. In foodie-land, that could very well translate to
hot cross bun day.
Happy almost-Easter, and happy yoga-
ing!
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