One of the blogs I love and read regularly is Eat, Live, Run, and in today’s post Jenna mentioned Dave Farmar’s yoga podcasts. Since I wouldn’t be able to make it to a class today I decided to give Farmar’s podcast a try. I’m usually not a big fan of DVDs or podcasts for my home practice, I find it too distracting to keep looking at a screen or playing with the iPod. Today, though, was one of those days I needed a little direction, or my practice would most likely have been 10 minutes of savasana.

I downloaded the most recent podcast, a “105-minute Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga class for intermediates.” I knew I wasn’t going to be able to do more than the first half an hour, but I thought I’d check it out. I really liked the detailed instructions, avoiding the rush I usually experience in Baptiste classes. (Side note: Why is it that every time I try to go for a Baptiste class the breath count is twice as fast as mine? Unless you’re panting there’s no way to link breath to movement. Anyway, I was happy to find that I didn’t have this problem with Farmar’s podcast class.)

After about 25 minutes of the podcast I did a few final poses on my own to end my practice (navasana, spinal rocking, an easy twist, happy baby, savasana). Podcast to be continued tomorrow!