Yoga: Day 1

Since yesterday I started doing yoga. The reason why I am doing yoga is actually for my mother. My mother (60 years old) suffers from fibromyalgia and finds it difficult to exercise because of the pain. For those that don't know what fibromyalgia is, here is a short description: fibromyalgia is a medical condition characterized by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure.

So to make her healthier, lessen the muscle pain and keep her motivated, I decided to do yoga with her. We decided to do the 30 days of yoga with Adriene, you can find her video on YouTube under the name yoga with Adriene. I really recommend it.

To be honest I really underestimated yoga. I hate to admit it but, I had stereotypical views about it. You know not a really workout just sit or stand and do some poses, what could be difficult about that. So after day 1 (video: ease into it) my view totally changed mainly because of the muscle ache in my shoulders and back. I consider myself reasonably fit, I go cycling once a week (at least 60km) and every even day of the month I work out my muscles. So I never thought yoga would give me muscle ache but the stretching really gives you a nice workout.

So I guess that I relearned that only after you have experienced something, can you truelly judge what it is like.