Welcome to the Yog-vember Yoga challenge for November! Last year I was reading a blog post (I am so sorry, I can't remember who posted it) and I was challenged to complete a 30 day Yoga Challenge! I did it....against all odds. And I was super proud of myself. But somewhere along the way, I fell off track and I stopped doing the yoga. Over the last year I have told myself over and over again that I was going to get back on the yoga bandwagon. But it never happened. Until now. I am setting a challenge for the whole world to hear! (Ok, my small world of whomever reads my website and watches my youtube videos)
My Experience with Yoga
Before we get into the Yogvember Yoga challenge let me tell you why I am doing this. Last year I was really struggling with a pinched nerve in my arm. It was bad. My fingers were going numb. I had no range of motion in my right (my dominant) arm. The strength was diminished. It was just bad. I went to the doctor and they gave me pain meds and muscle relaxers which dropped the pain and lack of motion down to an annoyance. But it was still there. Quite unrelated I read about this 30 days of yoga playlist. Something clicked for me and I decided to do it!!!!
It took a few weeks for me to realize what had happened because there was no grand revelation. But the arm pain receded. I could barely feel any pain! It was the craziest thing! I had been in pain for months and I started Yoga and within a few weeks the pain had all but disappeared. I noticed I was riding better on my bike also! It was just amazing. But life (vacation) happened and the routine was broken. I always wanted to restart it, but it just didn't happen. (yeah, bad me!)
The Yog-Vember Challenge
So the time has come for me to get back to this yoga stuff! And what better way than to challenge myself to a month of Yoga....thus....Yog-vember! And you know I can't challenge myself without challenging you go join me also!
The challenge is simple!
1. Find a yoga program to follow. If you can go to a yoga class...awesome. If you do it with a VHS tape or DVD.....awesome. If you want to do it online through youtube....awesome. If you don't have a clue where to find yoga to do, I recommend Yoga With Adriene. She is good...she is easy to follow and she has a dog laying beside her on newer videos!
2. Commit to a certain number of days each week that you will be doing yoga....chose at least 3.....come on now, it's less than half the week! If you want to aim bigger, go for 5. If you are totally committed, by all means do yoga each day of the month! The trick is to find what works for YOU and your lifestyle! Furthermore, I'm not even putting a number of how long your yoga session has to be! I will be doing mostly 15-20 minute yoga sessions....but I love that Yoga with Adriene has playlists that are separated by time! You can find a yoga session that meets your needs!
3. Let me know if you are joining me! (if you want to!)
And that is all there is to the Yog-vember challenge! A month of consistent yoga! Lets see what a month of yoga does to our bodies! Lets see our bodies adapt and adjust and get stronger!!!! Lets rock out this Yog-vember!
