Yes, definitely don’t overdo. If anything, “underdo”. Interesting thing about yoga is that, unlike other kinds of exercise, the goals are not “objective” — stretch this far, hold for this long. The goal is to deepen our awareness of our own body — that is unique to each of us. eg in Seated Forward Bend I bend my knees slightly so I can relax into the bend and notice how my spine is lifting and stretching in the right way. The feeling during a yoga session seems close to prayer or meditiation — I’d love to clinch the connection somehow —, certainly closer to that than to a workout at the gymn.

I think Daniel Pink would totally agree with you that using regret as fuel for future activities is the best use of it. And I agree with you that once we confess to the Lord, he forgives us for it and we can move forward. Easier said than done, however! 🙂 But nonetheless, even though I’m sure you had days where you might have felt out-of-sorts taking care of your m-i-l, you DID take care of her beautifully and faithfully and I have deep respect for your loving actions with her. Well done!

I didn’t specifically match my yoga practice with meditation or prayer, but it often did fall into that. Unfortunately once I finished the 30-day challenge, I didn’t immediately roll into another challenge. I’ve been taking a hiatus and haven’t begun again. I had extra pain in some of my joints during the time period, so I’m taking a two-week break to see if it is related or not. Hopefully it’s not related to yoga and I can resume without fear that it’s doing any harm. My guess is that the stretches and positions of yoga would be only helpful, not harmful, as long as I don’t overdo.

Ooh, I love your insight, Ashley: if we hadn’t made these mistakes, we might have made other ones with potentially even worse outcomes. That’s helpful to me. Thanks!

Yes, it was with Adriene! Everyone kept recommending her. Now I understand why. 🙂

Thanks so much for the feature this week. That was a sweet surprise this sluggish Monday morning.