Day 13 of 30 Day Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Practice
>> Wednesday, December 02, 2009 –
Experiments,
Surya Namaskar
From 10th to 13th Day
Today was the 13th day of my 30 Day Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Practice. Since last few days I was feeling that the 3 batches of 7 sets which I originally set about doing is no longer challenging. It was as if I was going about the motions and becoming monotonous and less challenging. The satisfaction was there on completion, but in the back of the mind I had the feeling that I can do much more.
On 11th day I decided to introduce some more challenge in it, though not too much. I decided that I would now go for 8 sets of Sun Salutations in the first 2 batches and 5 in the last set to make it 21 sets. I implemented that on the day 11 and 12 and felt good about it and not too tiring. On the 13th day I went for 1 set in the beginning which was more of a prayer set and done quite slowly and with lot of focus. Then followed with two batches of 10 sets. It felt great and legs were quite tired but it was what I was looking forward to.
Doing this will decrease the time taken for the practice and I would like to compare the results at the end with the first day.
Doing this has now increased my ambition and my next aim is to completed the 21 sets continuously on the 30th day without any breaks. That will be awesome for me to accomplish. In the beginning of this practice I would have been satisfied with doing the 7 sets three times, but see how success fuels further ambition and that is good when it is in right direction.
How do I plan to reach 21 set practice without a break?
I know that at this moment it will not be wise to do this at a single stretch as I may not be having the stamina, but over the next two and half weeks I plan to bring down the practice to a single round. Next, from the 15th day I will bring it to 2 sets and then every two days I will add more sets to the first batch. Depending on how I feel I may get there in 25th to 27th day. One of my other aim is to practice 108 rounds of Surya Namaskar for a week. This is the stepping stone for that.
Other Observations
I also tried to compare how I feel during the other poses. The body is lesser stiff after the practice compared to the first few days. Now the muscles are getting more used to the practice so they have less comparative workload which reduces the stiffness. I can practice halasana (Plough pose) and Sarvangasana quite easily after the practice now, where as on the first day I had to really stretch to touch my feet on the ground on the first few days.
Another observation is whenever I practice Trikon Asana and few more standing poses before the practice then legs are more tired after the practice. I guess at the end of 30 days this should also be gone. Shavasana is very important at the end of the practice as it relaxes the muscles and reduces the tiredness.
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Today was the 13th day of my 30 Day Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Practice. Since last few days I was feeling that the 3 batches of 7 sets which I originally set about doing is no longer challenging. It was as if I was going about the motions and becoming monotonous and less challenging. The satisfaction was there on completion, but in the back of the mind I had the feeling that I can do much more.
On 11th day I decided to introduce some more challenge in it, though not too much. I decided that I would now go for 8 sets of Sun Salutations in the first 2 batches and 5 in the last set to make it 21 sets. I implemented that on the day 11 and 12 and felt good about it and not too tiring. On the 13th day I went for 1 set in the beginning which was more of a prayer set and done quite slowly and with lot of focus. Then followed with two batches of 10 sets. It felt great and legs were quite tired but it was what I was looking forward to.
Doing this will decrease the time taken for the practice and I would like to compare the results at the end with the first day.
Doing this has now increased my ambition and my next aim is to completed the 21 sets continuously on the 30th day without any breaks. That will be awesome for me to accomplish. In the beginning of this practice I would have been satisfied with doing the 7 sets three times, but see how success fuels further ambition and that is good when it is in right direction.
How do I plan to reach 21 set practice without a break?
I know that at this moment it will not be wise to do this at a single stretch as I may not be having the stamina, but over the next two and half weeks I plan to bring down the practice to a single round. Next, from the 15th day I will bring it to 2 sets and then every two days I will add more sets to the first batch. Depending on how I feel I may get there in 25th to 27th day. One of my other aim is to practice 108 rounds of Surya Namaskar for a week. This is the stepping stone for that.
Other Observations
I also tried to compare how I feel during the other poses. The body is lesser stiff after the practice compared to the first few days. Now the muscles are getting more used to the practice so they have less comparative workload which reduces the stiffness. I can practice halasana (Plough pose) and Sarvangasana quite easily after the practice now, where as on the first day I had to really stretch to touch my feet on the ground on the first few days.
Another observation is whenever I practice Trikon Asana and few more standing poses before the practice then legs are more tired after the practice. I guess at the end of 30 days this should also be gone. Shavasana is very important at the end of the practice as it relaxes the muscles and reduces the tiredness.
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Topsy Turvy Day 10 of 30 Days Surya Namaskar(Sun Salutation) Practice
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Day 4 of 30 Days Surya Namaskar Practice
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