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Daisy Whittemore Yoga

July 8, 2014 by Yoga Nag

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Millimeter for a millisecond. It’s good work. Needs more practice. Blocks help a lot. For me, first lift butt, more back than up. Then draw navel to spine, and grunt those feet off the ground. Try to smile! That is the hardest part.

Do yoga. Today. Every day.

Day 8 for the #independenceARMy Instagram challenge.
Details, modifications, and tags at @laurasykora17 @beachyogagirl @kinomacgregor @glyderapparel.

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Day 4 gorilla 🦍 girl Yoga for you, Jenni!! Suited up. Life is harder but better without grabbing. Thanks @jenni_rawlings even though I really dislike dancer, with or without the foot grab. Tried block play to distract myself. Swipe for the fail. The struggle is real. #yogaNag #nograbbing #gorillagirlyoga ・・・ *Almost Dancer Pose to Almost Big Toe Pose* - this is one of my favorite ways to bring sneaky strength into standing balance poses in yoga - and it’s also the move of the day for Day 4 of our innovative #sneakystrengthyoga challenge! 1️⃣ From tadasana, move into dancer pose. EXCEPT - as you reach your arm back, don’t do what we normally do in yoga, which is to catch that foot in our hand. Instead, give that leg & shoulder the chance to *hold themselves up* and just hover your foot & hand as close as they can get w/o touching. No touching!! 😜 2️⃣ From Almost Dancer pose, transition into standing big toe pose. EXCEPT - don’t hook the toe with your fingers! Instead, bend that knee, and keeping the knee as high as possible, straighten & re-bend it 3 times. Think of reaching the toe toward the fingers, but don’t hook the toe. No touching! 😜 3️⃣ Transition back to Almost Dancer pose and hold for 2 breaths. Release & return to tadasana. 4️⃣ Reflect on the difference between how high your leg goes when you hold the foot with your hand (passive flexibility) versus letting the leg do its own work to hold itself up (active mobility). . . . Notes: please feel free to stand by a wall or couch/chair for support if balance is an issue. Don’t worry about how close your hand and foot get in each pose - just bring them as close as your active range of motion allows. . . . And please listen to a more in-depth discussion about this movement and the message behind this whole challenge in general with me on @kathrynbruniyoung’s podcast today!! . . . ➡️➡️ We collectively invite you to join us for a #sneakystrengthyoga challenge! Hosted by some of the leaders in the progressive yoga movement: . . . Day 1: @yogadetour Day 2: @trinaaltman Day 3: @bewellpersonaltraining Day 4: @jenni_rawlings Day 5: @samanthafaulhaber Day 6: @arianayoga Day 7: @kathrynbruniyoung . . .

Day 3 for #sneakystrengthyoga from @bewellpersonaltraining with a little flair at the end. Reminds me of the #getupgetdown challenge. Fun. And hard. Thanks challengers. For today’s instructions go to Jill’s page. @bewellpersonaltraining ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #trembling #whimpybackfoot #balanceishard #slowisharder #mixupyourmovement #smartyoga #smartmovement #diversifyyourmovement #YogaNag ・・・ Day 3 #sneakystrengthyoga challenge: To perform: Begin in hero’s pose. Feel the heels beneath you as a reference point. Reach your right leg forward and gently reach the torso forward. Hold for a couple of breaths. Bend the right knee so the right foot is standing. Feel the right foot against the floor. Reach the arms forward, shifting the weight forward into the right foot. Keep pressing the right foot into the ground, reach forward, and stand up so your torso is parallel with the ground. *Keep the back left knee bent, thigh parallel to the floor.* Enjoy bent knee warrior III. Slowly lower down and switch sides. Modifications: You can move the floor up a little bit by sitting on a block or a bolster. (I like a block for triang because I like to feel where my pelvis is, but either will do). If you are struggling with the transition from sitting to standing, try coming up with a more vertical torso first and then fold forward once you are up right. Have fun and play! Make it your own. Check out @kathrynbruni ’s podcast for corresponding commentary. (Full write up on FB, including explanation and f cramping). .. We collectively invite you to join us for a #sneakystrengthyoga challenge! Hosted by some of the leaders in the progressive yoga movement: ... Day 1: @yogadetour Day 2: @trinaaltman Day 3: @bewellpersonaltraining Day 4: @jenni_rawlings Day 5: @samanthafaulhaber Day 6: @arianayoga Day 7: @kathrynbruniyoung ... RULES: Follow all of the hosts and post your version of each day's pose with the hashtag #sneakystrengthyoga to be entered to win. Winner will be announced on 4/24. This contest is not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram. ... PRIZES Gallore. Go check them out at their start page. Some prizes for just participating. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

And sometimes you gotta get the F up from whatever desk situation you have going and move standing. That’s what I need. For sure. And fun to apply today’s #sneakystrengthyoga here too. Thanks @trinaaltman ❤️Happy working friends. Wherever you are. Don’t forget to move if your job/life is as my old Fed gov job position description said: primarily sedentary. Or rest a bit if you are always moving. Balance. Find some. #bluejeanmoves #yogaforworkerbees #standupandmove #movementbreak #yoganag #warmbutt #backtowork

Yoga Nag is the alter ego of me, Daisy Whittemore, a yoga teacher (E-RYT), who finally found my way to a daily yoga practice by promising myself just one pose a day. Slowly, one day at a time, my home practice was born. And it changed my life. I started talking, writing, and teaching about my experience. I started NAGGING friends, students, and even strangers to bring yoga into their daily lives, one pose at a time.

Now, as this body ages, this mind continues to learn, and my practice grows up, I still believe in yoga everyday…..but given the explosion of yoga challenges and #yogaeverydamnday on Instagram, I feel a growing desire to slow it all down a LOT. I am working to clarify what I mean by daily yoga (eg, I don’t mean asana and chaturangas every damn day for all) and get more specific about finding pause, creating mindful practices, and facilitating healthy movement in your life and your yoga. (I also lost my YogaNag handle on Instagram [which is another story], but it feels like it is really time to evolve a bit.) Of course, I am still teaching yoga, publicly (see my schedule) and working with people one on one.

For more information, please contact me at findingpause@gmail.com. I would love to talk with you about adding (more) yoga and healthy movement into your life.

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