Daily Challenge completed - yesterday
Developing both mind and body 215 reps
Physical
100 reps - Walking 30 minutes X 2 - includes down and up elevation of 300 ft
10 reps - yoga asanas - 10 min X 2
5 reps - pranayama (yogic breathing exercises) 5 min X 2
Mental
100 reps = 1+ hours X 2 Transcendental Meditation and advanced TM-Sidhi (morning and evening)
Reply to @Steemmatt's comment:
Thanks @Steemmatt. It comes pretty easy. The meditation, asanas, etc I have been doing for years so it is a part of my life. I live at a retreat center which is in the woods in a rural, hilly/mountainous area. I purposely chose to live at the top of the hill so I would have to walk down to the dining hall. This is how I am forced to not be lazy and get my minimum 30 min. walks in. :-) And then I do some more when there is time.
Thanks for your reply and an insight into your lifestyle! I did already count these reps in the post above, so they've been recorded. If you did anything else "today" to add to it, please feel free to include it. Feel free to also include any instructional information on your meditation via links or comments here to help us learn about it.
OK. Will do.
I would like to practice more yoga, I did it for about a year but lately have been finding it hard to fit the time for it in to my busy schedule.
Maybe I should incorperate a yoga day into my gym routine
Yoga asanas would fit into the category of stretching which Steemmatt mentions. There are many schools of how to perform asanas. Some like to strain. I follow the no strain - go into the position and hold it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds - relax into the position with the mind's attention on it. You'll find the tightness in the body starts to relax and you become looser over time.
P.S. Meditation is also a branch of "Yoga" as are the asanas (positions) and pranayama (breathing exercises). Cheers.
Yeah I was doing ashtanga I think it was called, still remember all the stretches.
I did notice over the year I was doing it my flexibility improved quite a bit, I will probably start doing it once or twice a week in the evening before bed.
Ashtanga yoga is very popular. If you can continue at home then why not. I am not an expert on asanas but have taken classes in them. I am though a teacher of Transcendental Meditation and feel very expert on that.