In previous blog posts I have written that when you develop a yoga at home practice, you can take it virtually anywhere as long as you have enough space to roll out your mat and have a foot or so on each side of you to stretch yours limbs. I have shared that I have practiced yoga in many hotel rooms and even in a tiny cabin on a cruise ship which I did last January.
However, if you take a vacation in which your schedule goes upside down and you sleep in really late (as I have done this past week on a beach vacation with my son), sticking with your yoga regime can be a real challenge. One of the keys to instilling a daily yoga practice is choosing a time that is easiest for you to maintain based on your daily lifestyle. For me, it's the morning. Well, if you sleep really late and have no regular schedule on vacation, it is so much easier to let your yoga practice slide. Even if you have much more free time! It's just the way things are! I have felt quite lazy this week!
However, if you don't want to start losing your flexibility and energy, you will just have to 1) remember how important yoga is for helping you to stay flexible, energized, and serene; 2) just de-cide (i.e., allowing no other options) that you will do it and pretend you have no choice; 3) start your practice and allow no interruptions; 4) smile as you practice, put an extra dose of your heart into it, and if possible, put on your favorite music; and 5) don't worry if you miss a practice or two as long as you continue doing your poses on most days.
Yours for maintaining your yoga regime even during super lazy vacation days of summer!
Laura Venecia Rodriguez
Ya !! wright option ! Yoga is a good option stay fit and vacation period .
Posted by: disney vacation home | September 05, 2011 at 05:39 AM
Most interesting. If I had done a staycation, doing yoga would have been 10 times easier! It's being in a different environment and with my son that threw off my schedule. I should have clarified that. If I am on vacation myself - it's easy to do the yoga - and yes, I do more!
Laura
Posted by: Laura Rodriguez | August 23, 2011 at 12:56 PM
I just now came off of a practice which lasted my usual 1-1/2 hours ... I am on a staycation, so I did the practice at home ...
Recently did show up at a class ... but I am adamant that I want yoga class (to which I show up once every few weeks or so) to NOT be a part of my staycation (and I live in NYC--which has a thriving studio yoga scene like your DC--so, THERE!) ... actually for the first time ever ...
And it just doesn't feel right doing public yoga near fountains, sharing the sacred space with extreme skateboarders ...
My practices take so long because they are like workouts ... I also diet ...
This (stay)vacation is starting out all right ... lol
Posted by: Tina | August 23, 2011 at 12:53 PM