Showing posts with label Grow Soul Beautiful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grow Soul Beautiful. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 June 2013

I love yoga

***UPDATE***

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Enjoy this and thank you Andrea. I think I love you xx



I am so in love with yoga. I am not good at it but jeepers, I love it. They say yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory, that's why I love it so much. ha. ha.

My days are pretty jam packed with so many kids activities, work commitments and general house management for us 6 peeps. Well this weekend I officially MADE TIME for me and went to my very first hot yoga session. My first instructed yoga session at the wonderful Absolute Yoga in my home town Ballarat.

JUNE OFFER

For my local readers, please take up their sensational $39 hot yoga classes for the month of June, one per customer but come as many times as you want throughout that month.

Yesterday was a little over whelming and I felt a little dizzy, today I was a lot better. Heaps of muscle awareness for sure.

Seriously, I need to learn to put my phone away......


Hot Yoga Studio - Absolute Yoga Ballarat



But then how am I going to show you what's happening and what I am wearing to yoga :-)





Can I just say, this peace and quiet for an entire hour is priceless. I typically don't get this type of deep relaxation when I am racing to the shops or taking the kids to school, kids activities etc...or when I am at the hairdressers. Well I guess this is my time but we all know this maintenance experience isn't one of solitude.

We all need to fuel our body and hydrate when we exercise, so I always make sure I have plenty of water throughout my day especially after my workouts.

Food is so important to fuel ourselves prior to any type of exercise, so I make sure I have these amazing snacks before I go.



Rainbow fruit salad


Yes, it was ALL mine. I know you may think this is a lot of fruit.

Rainbow fruit salad

1 punnet of blueberries
1/4 watermelon
2 mandarines
1 kiwi fruit and
1 passionfruit

In order to reach my calories, I need to eat more fruit. This is approximately 350 calories. I am trying to continue my stand up and be rawesome 80/20 lifestyle which means I aim to eat 80% raw produce and 20% animal. Some days I go over and cook the vegetables but I do what works best for me and our family.

Besides fruit is such a great take away food alternative.


Fruit on the go


Yoga A Day Challenge

Day 16. Bakasana aka Crane Pose


Grow Soul Beautiful Day 16. Crane Pose


This is such a tricky pose for a new yogini like myself. I couldn't hold it for more than 10 seconds but I look forward to gaining more upper body strength to keep this pose and breath at least 3 long breaths.


What do you do to relax? Seriously relax? Unwind and not let any thoughts run through your mind? I can honestly say, these 1hr hot yoga sessions these past 2 days have really been a zone out time for me. I really hope I can make this a regular occurrence in my life.

Yoga + me = love relaxation

Happy Sunday xxDani



Friday, 31 May 2013

Yoga Challenge with Grow Soul Beautiful - June 2013


Welcome to the June Yoga Instagram Challenge. I am so happy to be partnering with Grow Soul Beautiful as I did their challenge back in October 2012 and simply adore Yoga!

For your chance to win a Yoga Bible book and $10 iTunes gift card please leave a comment below with the way Yoga makes you feel. 

June Instagram Challenge
How you can join:
  • Follow @GrowSoulBeautiful on Instagram -  They will be posting a daily reminder photo of each pose on Instagram as well as all the photos on Facebook.
  • Save the graphic above to your phone or computer for easy access- Grab a quick photo with your phone or right-click on the photo to save to your computer
  • Each day, snap a photo of yourself in the asana - Use an app with a timer to make it a self-portrait or grab a buddy to double the fun
  • Tag them in your caption!  Tag @GrowSoulBeautiful and add the hashtag #YogaADay
  • Connect with others- search for the #YogaaDay hashtag to find others having fun with yoga photography
  • This year, they are adding their #YearOfYoga poses to their Instagram challenges! To learn more about Year of Yoga, go here.

Close ups of the daily challenge graphics are posted here so you can plan ahead.

June Yoga Day 1June Yoga Day 2June Yoga Day 3June Yoga Day 4June Yoga Day 5June Yoga Day 6June Yoga Day 7June Yoga Day 8June Yoga Day 9June Yoga Day 10June Yoga Day 11June Yoga Day 12June Yoga Day 13June Yoga Day 14June Yoga Day 15June Yoga Day 16June Yoga Day 17June Yoga Day 18June Yoga Day 19June Yoga Day 20June Yoga Day 21June Yoga Day 22June Yoga Day 23June Yoga Day 24June Yoga Day 25June Yoga Day 26June Yoga Day 27June Yoga Day 28June Yoga Day 29June Yoga Day 30

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