TRUE - January 30 Day Yoga Challenge

[NeverThatBored]

There are a ton of people on the forums doing the Yoga With Adriene TRUE challenge this month! I thought it might be fun if we had a thread where we could all report in and talk about how we're doing. 

[NeverThatBored]

@Sylvaa @Ensi @Rebel Pilot Gar I think you three are all participating? 

[Sylvaa]

You RANG?

 

I am doing this. 

[spalm]

I’m doing this too! I discovered Adriene only a few weeks ago and am... obsessed 

 

So approachable. Loved today’s session. I’d love to hear how it goes for you all!

[Cataleya]

Following to learn even though I have too much going on this challenge to participate ~

[NeverThatBored]

1 hour ago, Cataleya said:

Following to learn even though I have too much going on this challenge to participate ~

 

They're posting the videos on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene 

 

So if you want to jump in and do the odd video here or there when you have time, you can~

[Rebel Pilot Gar]

Thanks for setting this up NTB! Definitely planning to join in. I am still deciding if I will do this daily or just go through the videos in order.

 

About to start the day 1 video shortly  

[karinajean]

oh hey! I'm doing this too!

[Korranation]

Following along!

[Ensi]

Here I am! Nice to share this with others  I have completed day 1, and I will do day 2 later today. I'm currently a bit worn out, so I went a bit solo yesterday during some more demanding poses... But that's what's so lovely about home practices: you can modify them to suit your needs!

 

What kind of yoga equipment do you have? I just bought myself a pink yoga mat, and I'm loving it

[spalm]

7 minutes ago, Ensi said:

What kind of yoga equipment do you have? I just bought myself a pink yoga mat, and I'm loving it

 

Yay! Another one! I, too, love the home practice and feel like I can explore what my body needs a lot more  

 

I have a yoga mat, but my favorite is our high pile rug, haha. I love doing down dog with my fingers and toes in the fibers. More fun and forgiving!

[NeverThatBored]

49 minutes ago, spalm said:

I have a yoga mat, but my favorite is our high pile rug, haha. I love doing down dog with my fingers and toes in the fibers. More fun and forgiving!

 

Back when I had a carpet, I almost never bothered to roll out my yoga mat. The carpet was plenty.

 

1 hour ago, Ensi said:

What kind of yoga equipment do you have? I just bought myself a pink yoga mat, and I'm loving it

 

Ooooh, that looks really cushy. Good grip on the bottom too! Mine's purple. I also have purple yoga blocks, which come in handy surprisingly often.

 

I think in the intro she also said you might want a blanket? But TBH I almost never actually pull out a blanket in her videos when she says to. 

[Mrs.Nomar]

Oh hey, cool! This is a thing!

I only did day 1 yesterday, because my mister was in town distracting me, but it was more difficult that I though it'd be. 

 

I just use my carpet.  It's nothing as fancy sounding as high pile, but standard shag is comfortable enough, but I do have some minor foot-slipage now and again.

 

 

[SkyGirl]

I'm following too! I haven't done any of the videos yet, so I might start at the beginning tomorrow and work a few days behind you guys. Currently I only have 2 days of yoga per week worked into my schedule, so I may not be diligent.   

[bker1370]

Going to have to try to work this in.  I have done a few of her videos (love the 20 minute bedtime one)

[Ensi]

Nice to see that so many have taken this challenge I am about to do Day 2 later on. I've been a bit under the weather and I just started a new job, so I've been kinda tired after work...! Luckily you can always modify your home practice to suit your needs, am I right?

 

I agree that a carpet works just as fine! I just get super positive vibes from my pink mat, though

 

17 hours ago, Alis in Abernathy said:

 

I only did day 1 yesterday, because my mister was in town distracting me, but it was more difficult that I though it'd be. 

 

 

It did require a lot of strength! O__o How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you  I started in 2014, I believe, with Adriene's videos...!

[Sylvaa]

24 minutes ago, Ensi said:

How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you  I started in 2014, I believe, with Adriene's videos...!

 

I'm going to laugh at this. A LOT. I am not truly one for yoga at all, but this is the 2nd (maybe 3rd?) year I've done a January Adriene challenge. To be honest, I haven't struggled with any pieces of True yet, so I might have a little more natural affinity for yoga than I give myself credit for, but I definitely don't have sticking power with yoga. 

 

Every year I do this with good intentions to continue some practice (at least once a week is my goal), but I don't. 

[spalm]

51 minutes ago, Ensi said:

How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you  I started in 2014, I believe, with Adriene's videos...!

 

Ive been doing yoga on and off for maybe 3 years? I used to do a bit of hot yoga in studios and a little at home. The studio yoga stuck for a while, as I found I worked harder (maybe I’m a little competitive? Lol), until I embraced yoga for myself and focusing on what my needed, working through poses, finding “space”, and all that. 

 

In the past few months, been making it a 4-7 day a week thing, even if a quick 20 mins. Puts me in a calmer state

 

How is everyone liking this challenge so far? Any sticky poses? New poses? Favorite poses that excite you?! I love how much time Adriene spends with cat-cow, personally. I can always find new space and movement in it. 

[Mrs.Nomar]

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Ensi said:

It did require a lot of strength! O__o How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you  I started in 2014, I believe, with Adriene's videos...!

Long story short: I got into yoga when I was 12 or 13.

Kept up some minor practice here and there until I was 18, then really got into it, with official classes and stuff. I even graduated to Pilates, mostly because I loved the instructor and wanted to be involved in everything she was doing.  At 21 I dropped it for health reasons  initially.  It's been over a decade now, and I've definitely stiffened up over time.

46 minutes ago, spalm said:

How is everyone liking this challenge so far? Any sticky poses? New poses? Favorite poses that excite you?! I love how much time Adriene spends with cat-cow, personally. I can always find new space and movement in it. 

I also just realized I wasn't doing the TRUE series  I heard about a 30 day yoga thing from Sylvaa and just googled it.  So I did day 3 of this this morning.

I'll try out Day 1 of TRUE tonight.  My bad.

[NeverThatBored]

4 hours ago, Ensi said:

How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you  

 

I think I started around the summer of 2014, doing a 30 day challenge by Erin Motz. I do mostly home yoga videos, either free ones or the NF yoga videos, but periodically I go and do classes in person too. 

[Skywalker]

I was doing the 30 days yoga with Adriene before work with my workmates just one day a week and it took around 18 months to finish.

 

I'm running late (as normal) but I'm going to give this January challenge a go.  I start back to work in a few days so I might rope my workmate into it.

[bker1370]

Starting a little late but did do Day 1 today.

[SkyGirl]

On 1/4/2018 at 10:48 AM, Ensi said:

How long have you been doing yoga, by the way? This question is for all of you

 

Only about 6 months! I didn't think I'd be any good at it, especially because I supposedly hate bodyweight exercises; but I tried a YouTube yoga video, fell in love and never looked back. I try to practice at least twice a week - I'm not into the spiritual/power stuff, but I can really feel it building strength in my upper body and core, and I love that!

 

On 1/4/2018 at 11:46 AM, spalm said:

How is everyone liking this challenge so far? Any sticky poses? New poses? Favorite poses that excite you?! I love how much time Adriene spends with cat-cow, personally. I can always find new space and movement in it.

 

I agree, cat-cow feels so good!!   

 

 

 

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist ...

 

I was really excited tonight (I did videos 1 and 2, and I'll finish catching up over the weekend) because I usually have a lot of trouble with the one-legged king pigeon pose, but tonight when I engaged my foot like Adriene demonstrated, I found much more stability in my center and didn't have to lean so heavily on my hands! I still can't get my hips as open/low as is ideal, but this was a huge step forward!   

[NeverThatBored]

18 hours ago, SkyGirl said:

I was really excited tonight (I did videos 1 and 2, and I'll finish catching up over the weekend) because I usually have a lot of trouble with the one-legged king pigeon pose, but tonight when I engaged my foot like Adriene demonstrated, I found much more stability in my center and didn't have to lean so heavily on my hands! I still can't get my hips as open/low as is ideal, but this was a huge step forward!   

 

Hey, that's awesome!! She gives really great instruction about how to set up poses.

[Mrs.Nomar]

 

 

 

   

 

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist ...

 

 

I love it!

I just did day 2 also! And I agree, that pigeon was much easier to do. I think I still need to do some back stuff. The cat-cow felt so stiff on me.