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New Year, new opportunities. It has not been a year of yoga yet, but in almost two months I have been doing a whole year of yoga. Not daily, since several months ago – but almost. Something I've been craving for quite some time, is some kind of tool for creating new yoga sessions. Now I have bought such an aid.
I do not remember exactly how I found this, men – I found something called PlayPausBe. It's a deck of cards, but no ordinary one like that. It contains a number of yoga asanas (positioner) which are divided into different groups (think; heating, standing, sitting, lying down, etc.), and has a very smart system on the back where you can clearly see what this particular position is good for (spine, strength, digestion, etc.). I've been curious about this for quite some time, but for various reasons could not afford to buy (even though it's not terribly expensive).
But somewhere around Christmas I thought it is now or never – and so I could afford a Christmas present for myself.
Got it home today. I ordered two varieties – partly the basic deck of cards, but also an additional game with cards that means that you do repetitions, and vinyasa (continuous movement through several asanas) – and there are some asanas here as well, in case you want to do them several times but not as a repetition.
Has started looking through all this, and made a first draft of a new passport. In the name of honesty, it looks a bit like what I did for a long time, with some variations and a few additions – just in a slightly different order. But I have some things that feel extra important, and then it easily becomes so. At least for me.
By and large All in all, I'm very impressed with these decks of cards. They look good, the quality of them is very good, and it is noticeable that the creators have put time and energy into getting it right. I think I will benefit greatly from this, but I also believe that I will eventually grow out of them. But it remains to be seen – it's just something i think right now. 😀
What I miss are several asanas. There are quite a few, but a number of them are still far too advanced for me. There are some things I'm not sure if I'll ever make it, mostly because I am terrified of standing up and down and also have a pretty bad balance. But a couple, three of the asanas I make today are not included here, and I would have liked to have them with me. Though I think I'll make some of my own cards with them, if it now feels so important. 😀
It will be incredibly interesting to see how this turns out. My plan is to instead do the same workout for several months until I get tired, have some recurring asanas, but make a workout to use one week in a row. This means that there will be a little more variety than there is now, but still that I can continue to focus on the areas I think are important right now.
For me as is visual, it's great to have something in front of me to look at. I doubt I will lay out the cards when I do the yoga itself. After all, I have both a cat and a dog who would probably think it would be great fun to play hockey with them, and then it's kind of pointless. except, of course, that it will be a little extra exercise to crawl around on the floor and look for scattered cards. A large #facepalm on it. Men; to be able to visualize an entire session and to create an image of what I want to achieve in this way feels – kanon, actually.
I have to admit that I feel extremely happy that yoga has become so important to me that I am willing to spend money on it. Taking a yoga course is out of the question – partly because it is quite expensive, but also because I do not want to do my yoga in a group. But to invest in aids – and eventually even books, feels good. ♥