Today I woke even worse than yesterday. The pain all over my body, plus my stomach and the exhaustion was just too much. I washed brushed my teeth and washed my face anyway, just in case my body woke up enough to get on that air walk trainer and glide my tension away. However, this did not happen. I just plopped in bed and since I don’t work weekends, I just took a long nap.
Sleeping in or taking naps is a good thing and not only should listen to our bodies, but we all deserve to rest and take it easy. Although, for me this as I mentioned is slippery slope which I had in the back of my mind, but the difference today is that I was confident that just like yesterday, I’d be able get some physical activity in.
After my nap, my body still felt like I had weights in my ankles, and with the weather being in the 80s, it’s now getting warmer in the apartment, so I was sweating bullets. Regardless, I figured at the very least I’d get my summer clothes out from the back of my closet and out of the boxes I have them stored in and put my winter clothes away. In the past year, this simple task has been too much, but today I was able to bend down, crouch down multiple times and drag the heavy bags and boxes out all on my own from start to finish. After that I was elated and figured, my body is still stiff and in pain, and my stomach is in knots…let me attempt to do the yoga for IBS which has some twists that help massage my intestines. My body felt the pain from all of this, but hopefully tomorrow, I will feel the positive effects of sticking this out from start to finish. This DVD has always been my go-to for IBS and was super easy to do but today felt like I had knives going in and out of my body which I haven’t felt in a very long time.
I modified this routine HEAVILY. My wrists are super weak, so I used yoga blocks to do a down dog and let me tell you when I was able to do the modified down dog, my calfs were singing with relief from the stretch I felt. However, I was not able to hold this position for the 5 breath count and moving from down dog to triangle was not smooth either. I had to stand back up and then get into position for this. And forget doing a plank or chaturanga dandasana into upward facing dog because you need a ton of arm and core strength, so skipped that part which is one of my favorite yoga poses. I moved forward with the rest of the workout doing cobbler’s pose which is a good move to open the hips which for me were really tight but hard on my sitz bones since I have no cushion in my butt. About 40 minutes later and I was done!!!
Another day in the books!! On to watch Money in the Bank!!! Can’t wait for tomorrow’s workout routine!!!
Mind Body Synergylia 