Yoga in the morning

I really like yoga a lot. Makes me feel good. Increases my strength, flexibility, and balance. What's not to like?

So far, though, my only real exposure to yoga has been with Tony Horton's P90X and One-On-One. That's all good, but Tony is a bodybuilder and fitness expert, not a yoga guru. So I thought I'd branch out.

I'm still doing Insanity, but the workouts are shorter than what I'm used to, so I thought I'd add in some yoga from ... someone else.

Hmmmmm.... Whose workout should I choose?

After scouring my favorite online retailer, I finally settled on Ultimate Power Yoga from Rodney Yee. It looked like a decent set of routines and was well-reviewed at Amazon. Plus, it seemed like a great value for the money.

This morning I woke up early, so that gave me a chance to do some yoga first thing. I did the Power Foundation routine, which was a series of moves focusing on legs and core. Wow, very nice!

It was cool to wake up and go into a short yoga workout to start the day. The routine was not too strenuous, but definitely got the blood flowing and I know I worked those abs over a bit.

I hope to do yoga like this -- first thing in the morning -- more often, maybe two or three days a week. There are five routines on the DVD, none is longer than 20 minutes, so there's really no valid reason why I can't make that happen. Plenty of invalid reasons, though, so we'll see what happens.

Meanwhile, Insanity looms large for later today!