Yoga In Your Underwear Part 2- The Advantage of a Home Practice

In an earlier post I talked about the mixed messages I felt when I first saw the "Yoga by Equinox" and asked why on Earth anyone would do yoga in their underwear.  Since then I have learned sometimes yoga in your undies is just the best way to go.

Since starting yoga teacher training I have built up a short daily practice that follows a very specific routine for days that I wake up at home (ie, not in a hotel on a business trip).  Every day I do a series of Sun Salutations, starting with one on Monday, two on Tuesday, working up to seven on Sunday.  Sounds pretty straightforward, but this is what it really looks like:

• Wake up around 5:30, hit snooze several times
• Get up, walk carefully down the hallway while the cat shows his love for me by trying to trip / bite me
• Put heavy socks, sweatshirt, and old jeans over whatever I slept in the night before
• Go down stairs, turn on computer, start coffee, feed cat
• Drink glass of water and cup of coffee while reading nerd blogs and Yahoo! News
• Roll out yoga mat on living room floor
• Take off heavy socks, sweatshirt, and old jeans and throw them into a chair
• Do Sun Salutations in whatever I slept in the night before, usually my undies

Usually I remember to check to see if the blinds are closed.  Usually.