Flexible body flexible mind: week 1 of a yoga challenge

Yoga has become an integral part of my life, offering immense benefits that have truly transformed my well-being. My passion for this practice runs deep, and I am genuinely driven to inspire and motivate others to embark on their own yoga journey. I firmly believe that yoga holds incredible benefits for everyone, regardless of their experience or background.

I'm doing a new yoga challenge with "Yoga with Kassandra" that I will commit to this month, and I hope you'll join me on this journey. This yoga challenge is titled "FLEXIBLE BODY, FLEXIBLE MIND" with Kassandra . It will be divided into two sections: flexibility for the body and flexibility for the mind.

I'm glad the yoga teacher made this challenge in April. Most yoga challenges are made in January. So it will be good to have the chance to reinforce the commitment to daily yoga.

It's suitable for all levels and free. No props are needed for this challenge and the classes will be only 10 minutes long (suitable for the mornings to stretch your muscles).

DAY 1: CHOOSE - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch - Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

The first yoga class of this challenge starts with an extended child pose, then a variety of poses that include child's pose, sphinx, low lunge and eagle arms.

“Eagle arms” feels so good if you have a tensed upper-body and shoulders.

The mind part of this challenge was “choosing” to step out of our comfort zone and try a workout that we hadn't tried before. 

I tried a dance workout. It was fun, but I don't think it's my favorite type of workout. I was always curious about it, and I'm glad I gave it a try.

DAY 2: DREAM - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch - Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

The second day of this yoga challenge starts with neck stretches, which are very important and feel amazing.

Other poses in this yoga class include head to knee, baby camel and seated twist.

The intention of today's session is "DREAM" what are your hopes and dreams for the future. Write a letter for your future self and visualize what you want :)

DAY 3: SILENCE - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch - Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

The third day of this yoga journey includes poses of puppy, downward dog, high lunge and seated pigeon pose.

It's a very energizing yoga session with minimal cues where the yoga teacher only says the name of the pose and how many breaths to hold it for without explaining the pose.

It's better to have a good knowledge of yoga before doing minimal cues sessions.

The mental challenge for today's session is to stay away from technology for three hours to practice "silence". I spent some of this time organizing my clothes and cleaning my apartment. It was difficult not to use background music.

DAY 4: REMEMBER - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch - Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

Today's yoga class targets (mostly) the lower-body with poses like half splits,  yogi squat and low lunge with quad stretch. 

I couldn't do the quad stretch and it's something that I will work on improving.

The intention of today's yoga session is to "REMEMBER" a happy childhood memory, then draw it.

It was a bit difficult for me to remember one and I skipped the drawing because I really can't draw. 

DAY 5: GROUND - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch – Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

Today's yoga class begins with mountain pose and finding our center of gravity by closing our eyes and leaning towards different directions.

We repeat this pose twice throughout this yoga class.

I find it very helpful in gaining balance.

Other poses include warrior 2, exalted warrior, triangle and rabbit pose.

And the challenge off the mat is to go out in nature for twenty minutes and enjoy the surroundings without any distractions. 

It was really sunny today so I loved it a lot!

DAY 6: GROW - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch – Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

It's day six of the month-long yoga challenge, and it's a bit more challenging class than the previous ones.

The yoga session starts with a butterfly forward bend pose, which feels great for the hips and lower back.

Other poses include tiger pose, balancing table and wide-legged forward fold.

The tiger pose was difficult but I did it :))

Today's challenge is to give a genuine compliment to someone you don't get along with.

It's a shadow work exercise to see the goodness in others.

This can be done in different forms (online or face to face).

I will keep how I did this challenge privately. 

DAY 7: BELIEVE - 10 min Morning Yoga Stretch – Flexible Body Yoga Challenge

It's day seven of the month-long yoga challenge, today's class starts standing up with half sun salutations and side body stretches, which feel so good. Then there will poses that include warrior 1 and pigeon pose.

This yoga session goes by so quickly and it's very energizing.

Today's challenge is "BELIEVE" and Kassandra recommends us to do a Pinterest vision board of things that we want to manifest in our lives.

I made the board and will share it in another post :) it was so much fun.

Things to remember while doing this yoga challenge 

Don't pressure yourself into poses that make you feel any type of pain.

Be gentle.

Skip anything that you're not comfortable with.

Don't compare your level of fitness or flexibility with anyone else.

Have fun.

Listen to your body.

Be patient.

Stay consistent.

Feel free to email me, you'll find a contact widget on the blog to get in touch with me, I would love to hear from you.