I’ve learned a lot of things about myself over the past year or two. So many things have changed and I’ve had to do a lot of just plain-old growing up.
One big thing I’ve learned about myself is that when it comes to exercise, it needs to be something that I actually want to do… not something that feels forced.
Since February, my workouts have been kind of sporadic and totally half-assed. But the past month or so, I gave it a different approach and now I find myself back into a groove that I’m liking.
Running. Walking. Yoga. That’s about it.
Andrew and I started running outside again, before it gets too hot in Florida for us to handle. Nothing major, no distance goals. Just short 2-3 mile runs in the sunshine.
I’ve also been taking Annie on long walks when I can, and really enjoying the quite time with my most favorite little creature on earth. I feel like she’s my child… normal?
And yoga? Well I know you guys want to hear about the yoga. How can a poor intern afford yoga? Well, I can’t really. My yoga mat is old and faded and I haven’t set foot in a yoga studio in over a year. Yoga doesn’t have to be all of that.
But if you’re like me, you probably prefer at least a little direction when getting your Om on. For a while I was YouTubing “full length yoga” and coming up with just terrible, awful videos that just left me frustrated. Until, one day, Clare from Fitting-It-All-In did a review on Reflexion Yoga. This is a website with dozens of full length yoga classes, ranging from 30-60 minutes, with all of their own instructors.
First let me just say that I absolutely LOVE how the site is organized. You can filter the yoga by difficulty, length, and specific instructor. Also, under each thumbnail of the class is a short description, saying what it specifically focuses on, the length and the difficulty.
Another plus is that the instructor is actually teaching the class to a student, so they will sometimes redirect the student’s posture or position. I find this to be helpful because they are typically things that I’m not fully aware of in my own practice, and it keeps me mindful in the more difficult poses.
The best part about Reflexion Yoga is that it’s only $12 per month. I swear I’m not trying to sell you on their site… I am in no way affiliated with them! Just a satisfied, paying-customer that wants to share my find with everyone. Finally, good-quality yoga I can afford!
Even more, they offer a 15 day free-trial, and if you decide you don’t like it then you can simply cancel your “order” before the 15 days is up so that they won’t charge you. They also have a “Free Content” section with just a handful of shorter videos to try out as well.
With my long-lost-love yoga thrown into the mix, I’ve really just been having fun staying active. It’s not that I don’t like lifting, or circuit workouts, or anything else.. but for right now I’m happy with what I’m doing and when I feel the need to change it up, then I will!
What workouts are you loving right now? P.S. Tell me if you try Reflexion Yoga and if you liked it!
Wow cool! Thanks for sharing this. My yoga routine is getting pretty “routine.” I pretty much just do Jillian Michael’s yoga dvd which is getting old so I’d like to switch things up.
I used to always do the P90X yoga, and as much as i liked it, it got so repetitive!
The yoga stuff sounds great! I totally agree with you in that I have to do something I actually half-way enjoy or want to do for a workout. I’d been really wanting to get into running, but just haven’t been feeling it, so I’ve been trying to go with what I feel like/want to do for the day & it works better. Oh, & I totally get how hot FL gets in the summer… good idea getting those walks in now! When I lived in FL I’d refer to it as the good ‘ol sweatbox. LOL I sure was missing my sweatbox this winter though!!
HA uggggggggh so hot, not looking forward to the humidity, it happens SOON!
Online yoga say whaaaat!? I gotta try that!! My workout go back and forth between yoga, spinning, running and walking. I usually pair yoga with one of the other three!
I <3 yoga, you gotta try this site out!
That sounds awesome!
I’ve found a few good full-length yoga videos through Pinterest, but nothing huge like this! Thanks for the tip.
oh pinterest, how I love thee.. :)
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