{"id":12384,"date":"2023-11-14T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/?p=12384"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:26:08","slug":"winter-has-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/?p=12384","title":{"rendered":"Winter has come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Winter is the best time to prepare your body for physical activity. It is the time for workouts, for stretching, building the muscles and nurturing our essence. It is a time that we can use for healing, so that the wings we spread in Spring let us fly high and far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My personal practice has been on and off in the last year. I did a shit ton of mental work though, eliminating blockages and hurdles that kept me off the mat. I feel sheer joy and pleasure when I return to the studio and see things that used to bother me and no longer do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What would I like to achieve at the end of this darker time of the year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lovely backbends and upper chest openers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lovely handstands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lovely folds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All elements of our bodies are so intertwined! I cannot achieve one goal without exercising the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know my handstands are not going to happen if I fail to ground properly via my hamstrings or work on my core.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know my hamstrings are not going to relax as long as I get startled and stressed. So I need to work deep into my hips, psoas and, actually trust myself in the handstands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe the backbends could happen on their own. Well, maybe a bit of psoas work and leg stretches to aid the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know some dates are more significant than others, but. If I want to do something, is there anything that can stop me from starting any time I want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My yoga resolutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leg stretches &#8211; Saddle, Crescent Lunge on the Knee with King Pigeon (Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana B)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psoas work &#8211; Twists, Virabhadrasana 1, Virabhadrasana 2, Trikonasana, Skandasana, Setu Bandhasana with a block&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core work &#8211; Yoga Drills from lovely Krissy Cook, Plenty of Side Planks in many variations, push ups and Navasana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hip work &#8211; Baddha Konasana with a strap, laying on the belly, Pigeon; later on King Pigeon, Natarajasana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamstrings stretches &#8211; Prasarita Padottanasana variations, Intense ankle stretches with a block, Janu Sirsasana, Paschimottanasana on a block<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back of the neck stretches &#8211; Halasana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Backbends &#8211; Shalabhasana (we want to strengthen the muscle too), Dhanurasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, Wall-drop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handstands &#8211; As my teacher used to say \u201dTo learn how to do a handstand, one has to practise handstands\u201d. Okay, let\u2019s add to it, there\u2019s are only benefits to having strong shoulders: Ardha Pincha Mayurasana (the dolphin pose)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More leg work &#8211; lifting legs above the blocks without using the strap or any other support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I am thinking about starting my practice with a set of sun salutations. Then practising each of the elements for a week and adding one more the week after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as I managed to get a release from sitting in front of my computer every day, I am feeling way more connected to my body. Somehow it started speaking to me and telling me now that it craves a fresh, green and juicy salad. Or nice and warming soups. Or, well, potatoes \ud83d\ude42 Could that be a beginning of a new beautiful adventure with health?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is the best time to prepare your body for physical activity. It is the time for workouts, for stretching, building the muscles and nurturing our essence. It is a time that we can use for healing, so that the wings we spread in Spring let us fly high and far. I think it is the best time to make my yoga practice resolutions! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-osobiste","category-yoga","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12385,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384\/revisions\/12385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showingupisthehardestpart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}