Dance till
the stars come down from the rafters
Dance,
Dance, Dance, till you drop.
W H Auden.
Dear
Diary,
I
start most of my days with a yoga session – after I have showered I put my Music
Library on the computer - which you can find in the right hand column of this blog
– just click on Playlist in the top
right hand corner – then dismiss the little window that comes up and click on My Library Radio – I have saved a lot
of my favourite records on there – there will be some ‘foreign’ ones in there
but you can skip those. Have a listen
yourself. I know a few people who enjoy working
along to my music.
I
learned yoga when I was in my thirties when
my children were small. I’ve been practising
it ever since ( yes I am getting a bit tired now!).
Anyway, I do my daily yoga routine to the first three songs which come up randomly on
the computer, they are always a surprise as I never know what will play but I
know I will like the tunes. If I don’t
fancy a particular one I can always skip it. My routine consists mainly of Prayers
to the Sun, also known as Salutes to
the Sun. I prefer Prayers as they sound a bit less ‘military’ to me.
This
sequence of poses uses all the body bits – my old yoga teacher said that we
could get away with only doing half a dozen of these every day and it would be
enough – along with the Corpse posture
which is very relaxing. I often do that
in the evening or when I felt the need! I also do daily neck and shoulder poses as I
have had a very serious neck injury in the past. I try and do yoga every day unless I am
feeling very tired or unwell. My teacher advised us not to practise it on
Sundays, she said we should have one day off a week. Wise woman.
Even if I am a little tired
beforehand I always feel energised after
doing my yoga,’ looser’ too and ‘brighter’.
I recommend it.
This
morning the fourth song this morning happened to be Staying Alive by the Bee Gees so I just had to dance; how could
anyone NOT dance to that song?
Another song which is inspiring is Time of My Life from the wonderful film Dirty Dancing. I usually end my routine with a bit of dancing as I love it so - it’s quite safe, no-one can see me upstairs in the little study.; well only the dog and she seems to approve of everything I do, bless her.
I
am into Strictly Come Dancing at the
moment, nowhere near as obsessed as I was at this time last year but I was poorly
then while waiting too long for a gall bladder op. (another story). I really love dancing and envy the celebrities
who are being trained to dance by such professional people.
Anyway
I hope you will enjoy my music and I hope
you will dance.
Which
takes me nicely back to the beginning.
Have
a nice day,
Go
mbeannai Dia duit,
Cait
It sounds nice. I keep saying I will start a yoga routine, but haven't. Perhaps this is the prompt I needed. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYoga...so mysterious to me...I think, though, that it must be excellent for improved flexibility. You've been doing it for so long, you could probably teach. A few years ago, I gave it a try following an instructor on our educational channel. She allowed a chair as I recall, which made me think I could do it. Ha! I couldn't.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am into the American version of your program. In fact, it may be my guilty pleasure. I also have a favorite dance this year, which happens to be on a 3 minute video. If you'd be interested, I'd send you the link. Do you have a favorite dance thus far?
What a delightful post! I'm a dreadful dancer, but I really enjoy watching others and, yes, Strictly's got me hooked this year too! I start the day with an exercise routine too - not usually anything so graceful as yoga, but working out to music really does set you up for the day, I agree.
ReplyDeleteYes do please send me your link Vee. I don't have a favourite dance so far, sadly, not one that has moved me emotionally - when I do I will let you know.
ReplyDeleteI tried to do Yoga for a time but I found that it made me depressed, so I had to give it up. I remember the Salute to the Sun.
ReplyDeleteWell I can't do yoga properly, but I love the Ronan Keating song!
ReplyDeleteno one puts baby in the corpse pose! Loved hearing about both your practise and your music. Just looking at that chart of positions made my muscles yearn for a good stretch!
ReplyDeleteI keep promising myself to begin a daily yoga practice. I took lessons for several years and it really helped me in all the ways you mention. And that scene from Dirty Dancing...my husband's absolute favorite!
ReplyDeleteI took a yoga class once and loved it. Our relaxing music at the end was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Now, when I hear that song, I am conditioned so, that I want to just stretch out upon the floor. Good thing I restrain myself from doing so when I hear it in the bank or grocery store!
ReplyDeleteLike the music, but dancing..mmmm I'll pass
ReplyDeleteFascinating. Yoga has a strong pull for me, yet for some reason I have never got into it in any serious manner. Thanks for this.
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