30 Days of Yoga Challenge Completed!! #FWFG30days

Hello there guys!!

Happy Independence Day to all my US friends! I hope you guys had an awesome weekend of celebrating safely!

Today I have a non-bookish post because I want to a) continue keeping me accountable b) celebrate my accomplishments!

Yesterday I completed my 30 Days of Yoga Challenge!!

I have finished a lil late, not on June 30th as I should have, but I am pretty happy because even during my trip to Rome, I didn't do the challenge videos assigned for those days BUT I did manage to still do Sun Salutations every day while on vacation, and I have done all the videos even if I completed day 30th on July 3rd!

Now I'm gonna continue working on my Yoga everyday because I've turned it into a routine that I rely on to energize my morning and it's my main self care point!

My plan is to follow the July #FWFGworkshop schedule loosely, changing days around to fit better with my work schedule, shorter videos for days when I work and saving the longer ones for my days off.

My first video for tomorrow is gonna be a long (and looks like tough) one but it's a day off so it's a long video day!





Wish me luck as I continue with my Yoga journey! Hopefully by this time next year, I'll be doing a proper crow and side plank! So far after 2 months & a half I can plant my heels on the floor on downward facing dog!

Blogging slump, self care & 30 Days of Yoga Challenge!

Hello there!

I've been dealing with a blogging slump for quite a while, essentially for a few months since my laptop had a break down and stopped working for a week, and then came my vacation time and BEA and now I feel that I'm finally getting over it and starting feeling more motivated to write posts and reviews again!

Before my vacation time I had been feeling really tired and with work and the apartment work (it's been a year already since I'm a home owner wooohooo!!), I had pushed blogging to the corner, using what little motivation I had to do house work and assemble furniture and the like.

But now after my vacation I'm back and feeling much more motivated and energized! I wake up feeling rested and I've realized that if I oversleep and wake up late in the morning, I end up feeling more tired.

I think that not only the vacation time rest has done wonders, but also I finally decided to take a step onto self care and I've finally started doing some exercise. You might not know this but since I stopped doing ballet & swimming in high school, I've been the most unathletic person EVER! I hate working out, I hate the thought of going to the gym... just NO.

But, I'm a really flexible person (hello, years of ballet) and I've noticed that my posture was slouching, and as a nurse, my back sometimes complains, so I thought I really needed to DO something, so... my first thought was to give yoga a try.

Again, not a gym person so I thought "if I learnt how to wrap a saree in 6 different ways with YouTube tutorials, I'm sure I can find a Yoga For Beginners video to try" so I did my search and came upon Yoga With Adriene!



The moment I started watching her videos I knew I had found the right videos for me! She's funny, she always gives you options for the asanas depending on how advanced or not you are on your yoga practice, and she's not overly mystical (sorry, really NOT a mystical person here...).

I've been practicing her beginners videos now for a month and surprise surprise, I wake up in the morning WANTING to do my yoga! And that is seriously BIG for me!

I'm so happy about my yoga practice that I've decided to work on the 30 Days of Yoga Challenge playlist that she has, and I start tomorrow! Wish me luck guys!