Every dancer is familiar with the great relief that your body feels after the run of a strenuous show. Dancing with the Laboratory Dancers is always hard on the body, so even if I'm not happy to end the show my muscles certainly are. However, I didn't want to fall into the trap of resting for too long and letting my body get out of shape. I gave myself a nice, relaxing week off and then I began my own personal work out challenge.
The challenges I faced were simple and familiar: I'm broke, so I can't afford to join a gym or take very many classes and I have a chronic ankle injury, so whatever exercise I chose to do would have to be gentle enough to not aggravate that existing condition. Running, while free, is too hard on my ankle at this time of year. The Laboratory Dancers have weekly company class (soon to be bumped up to twice a week) but that wasn't enough. It seemed I had one answer: yoga at home.
Having spent the majority of my life taking classes in physical disciplines, I am an advocate of having a professional teacher and a mirror. However, that wasn't an option for me and I have been doing yoga for about 10 years now, so figure at least I have a general idea of what I'm doing.
Armed with a book featuring detailed instructions, plenty of photos and 8 weeks worth of yoga sequences (5 per week) I embarked on what I hope will be a habit-forming experiment. I've only complete one week so far but I feel positively about this choice. We'll see what the future holds.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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