saph's slightly laid back january yoga 'challenge'

I cannot possibly miss out on the chance to perhaps ridicule JeepFleeb.

I'm in for six sessions next month.

cool

mine is ten minutes every weekday morning and two lots of sweaty yoga after bike rides whenever they occur. sweaty yoga needs to progress so i can do the planks without cheating. oh and i want to be able to touch my toes by the end of jan.  

cool kimberly yoga yanti? that is my sweaty yoga. i'm down for twice a week at that one and want to manage the full plank/dog session without needing ot kneel. gonna be a loooong month  

I really want to join in...having knee surgery this Friday, hoping to get out of there without the microabrasion...

if I do, consider me in. I will keep ya posted. I have ALWAYS wanted a yoga challenge...as my log says 134 hours of it this year Since I lose on the swimming, biking, running challenges this is my only hope.

I'm in

I need to figure out what my goal could/should be.

I've been doing like 5 or more hours a week and as my training goes up my Yoga probably needs to come down depending in part if I get a job.

Is your snowman doing the headstand asana?

I'll join in on the fun too.  I just started yoga and have only been to 3 classes so far, but I'm enjoying it.  I figure I can do one yoga class and one session on my own per week.  So I'll commit to at least 10 sessions for January.  (It's not a lot, I know, but hey I'm a n00b.)

Great idea -- I really need to follow-thru on my yoga practice.  It's so rusty now, it can't even really be called a practice.

I'll shoot for the 1hr/wk minimum and even that will be a challenge.

Thanks for the challenge, -Sunny 

I'm in for 3 sessions for the month. I too would like to be relentlessly ridiculed If I don't make it. It doesn't sound like much BUT I completely failed the Yoga portion of my November challenge (3 sessions of Yoga for the month)

 I have never been to a yoga class but My coaches and all of my teammates have been urging me to go for years.

Oh and I'd also like to be able to touch my toes without bending my knees.

So far in December I've done over 17 hours of Yoga. For me currently doing Yoga isn't the issue but balancing it with my training. My IM training is still pretty modest as my body is just getting back to training 4 weeks ago and my coach has me building back in a conservative manner and I'm not working so I have plenty of free time. Monday's have been tough with swim, run, strength and Yoga...

The other cool thing is 3 of my kids want to do it with me as does my husband. We have a bunch of new Yoga DVDs that we can do at home.

I just went to a class with a new to me teacher Sy. After class I was talking and he got into Yoga as a triathlete to gain flexibility and he has offered to work with me to gear my Yoga practice and classes to help with my legs & their flexibility.

Goals for January:
1. Balance Yoga and training better (training needs to come first)
2. Do Yoga flexibility after runs and if possible after bikes
3. Yoga 20 sessions in the month of January

What I hope for my Yoga besides gaining flexibility it to integrate some of the techniques that feel so good about with Yoga into my training..like breathing & relaxing, moment focused and the peace I get doing it. 

I'd be curious to learn what type of yoga folks do and if you take a class, do it on your own from DVD, book or whatever? Which books and/or DVD you love or dislike.

Yes, as sappho and Dolores mentioned, I do Kim Fowler's Yoga for Athletes at her studio. It's not easy, and is more core/strengthening (especially geared for endurance athletes) than it is meditative/relaxing.

Great!  I'd love to hear how it is.  I have the Flexibility Training DVD by B. Dorfman and it's pretty dull.  The intro by Paula N-F is the highlight IMHO. B himself is not a really inspiring teacher, and I guess I need the inspiration.