I did the 10am class this morning. Wow, I was tired. Any time we got to go into corpse pose and relax I was super slow to want to get out of it. Bodywise, I felt OK. There are certainly some poses that I don't like due to my left knee being kind of weak. I need to realize when to push it when not to push it. The standing chair and some other ones involve some major arm lifting. It's funny how I am the largest (well tallest) human in the class and I am strugglging with keeping my arms afloat during all these chair poses. And all these petite folks around me seem to have no muscle pain when doing this stuff.
I am please though that the yoga appears to be involving and strengthening my core. That is really my goal. I feel like the stronger I can get my core, the better shape my spine will be in and the better my back will feel on a long term basis. I also heard this podcast about how squats are the best lifelong exercise as they predict a person's ability to have mobility when they get into older age. My knee won't let me do squats but I am sorta starting to do some half squats through yoga.
Other than that, I am just bummed I didn't go out and ski this weekend. The snow is falling hard right now. Hopefully next weekend this will still be the case.
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