Session 1: I got up at 5 and did 20 minutes of yoga with Rodney Yee (A.M. and P.M. Yoga
– AM track with Rodney Yee). This was my very first yoga purchase way back when. I really like the way the AM session wakes you up. I originally purchased this on VHS and have since replaced it with DVD (though I think I still have the VHS version around somewhere). The AM Yoga practice starts with breathing and what Mr. Yee refers to as conscious relaxation. Then there is 15 minutes of moving yoga poses and finally 2 minutes of meditation. This routine really helps me wake up in the morning. I’d almost say it’s better than coffee, but I really don’t want to give up my coffee!
– AM track with Rodney Yee). This was my very first yoga purchase way back when. I really like the way the AM session wakes you up. I originally purchased this on VHS and have since replaced it with DVD (though I think I still have the VHS version around somewhere). The AM Yoga practice starts with breathing and what Mr. Yee refers to as conscious relaxation. Then there is 15 minutes of moving yoga poses and finally 2 minutes of meditation. This routine really helps me wake up in the morning. I’d almost say it’s better than coffee, but I really don’t want to give up my coffee!Session 2: Over my lunch break I did the upper body routine off of Rodney Yee/Mariel Hemingway: 15-Minute Results Yoga.
The upper body workout is like yoga aerobics! It includes things I never really considered yoga before but it gets the heart rate up and I actually broke a sweat. None of the poses are too challenging for a beginning yoga practitioner. However, I had to look up on Youtube the difference between upward dog and cobra (its subtle). After I finished my yoga session, I switched gears and did the 10 minute Buns workout off of Bellydance Body for Beginners with Suhaila
. (By the way, this DVD is advertised as for beginners but I would only recommend it for Intermediate and up). The buns workout starts with glute squeezes then uses glute squeezes to travel with hips on the up, hips on the down and ¾ hips up and ¾ hips on the down.
The upper body workout is like yoga aerobics! It includes things I never really considered yoga before but it gets the heart rate up and I actually broke a sweat. None of the poses are too challenging for a beginning yoga practitioner. However, I had to look up on Youtube the difference between upward dog and cobra (its subtle). After I finished my yoga session, I switched gears and did the 10 minute Buns workout off of Bellydance Body for Beginners with Suhaila. (By the way, this DVD is advertised as for beginners but I would only recommend it for Intermediate and up). The buns workout starts with glute squeezes then uses glute squeezes to travel with hips on the up, hips on the down and ¾ hips up and ¾ hips on the down.Session 3: After I got home from work and had a snack, I did about a half hour of shimmy drills with Celeste using her DVD produced by IAMED: Turbo Shimmy with Celeste: Instruction Belly Dance Series
. I did not do the entire DVD (I just didn’t have time) but I did the strengthening exercises she starts off with and her technique break down of three shimmies (Egyptian aka straight leg shimmy, ChooChoo aka marching shimmy and American (bent knee) aka hip lift shimmy). I also did the first shimmy drill, which is about 10 minutes of Egyptian Shimmy. Since I don’t particularly care for the Egyptian shimmy, I was tempted to do the drill with hip lift shimmy, but since my Egyptian shimmy is weaker than my hip lift shimmy (see the part about not liking it as well) I decided to go ahead and drill the Egyptian. The drill consisted of slow, medium and fast speeds, doing each speed with both legs and then with all the weight on one leg then all the weight on the other leg. I had no trouble at the slow and medium speeds (both legs and single leg varieties) but noticed my Egyptian shimmy started to sputter and loose rhythm on the fast speed – now I know I need to drill this more.
. I did not do the entire DVD (I just didn’t have time) but I did the strengthening exercises she starts off with and her technique break down of three shimmies (Egyptian aka straight leg shimmy, ChooChoo aka marching shimmy and American (bent knee) aka hip lift shimmy). I also did the first shimmy drill, which is about 10 minutes of Egyptian Shimmy. Since I don’t particularly care for the Egyptian shimmy, I was tempted to do the drill with hip lift shimmy, but since my Egyptian shimmy is weaker than my hip lift shimmy (see the part about not liking it as well) I decided to go ahead and drill the Egyptian. The drill consisted of slow, medium and fast speeds, doing each speed with both legs and then with all the weight on one leg then all the weight on the other leg. I had no trouble at the slow and medium speeds (both legs and single leg varieties) but noticed my Egyptian shimmy started to sputter and loose rhythm on the fast speed – now I know I need to drill this more.Session 4: After I finished my shimmy drills it was time to head to my yoga class at Crestview. If you live in Topeka, I suggest you find time to try and take a yoga class with Mimi. She has several available through Crestview. This was an hour of what I consider endurance yoga – get into a pose and hold it! It was very relaxing and a wonderful way to end the day.
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