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Lots of fun with the kids they worked really hard – body weight exercises and a different approach to teaching Kanshiwa.

Adult class was just Adam and Bernie and I so we just scrapped at slow to medium speed and sometimes full out on the ground for the entire class. Very good very tiring. 3 hours

Got home and did not want to miss Yoga tonight.

Really enjoying the pace and hip opening of Shiva Rea’s Daily Energy Shanti flow so did it and the forward bends and the relaxing Shivasina 23 + 6 + 5 = 34 minutes

25 hours 45 minutes………………….

Down to Canada Place Fitness Centre

Intu-Flow, shoulder and hip opening for 27 minutes

FlowFit I level 2 for 18 minutes at a medium pace.

So total 45 minutes

Now 22 hours 11 minutes

At the Dojo for some real great work and some intensity.

Was going to do Yoga but my daughter has a friend over in that space.

Need to clean out space in the basement.

3 hours

21 hours 26 minutes

All Yoga night

Shiva Rea’s Daily Energy

Solar Meditation 5 minutes
Forward Bends 6 minutes
Core 7 minutes
Shanti flow 23 minutes
Shivasina 5 minutes

Total 46 minutes

Now 18 hours 26 minutes

8:00 a.m. at the dojo

Nice Intu-Flow and some mobility work.
Went through Shiva Rea Daily Energy Flow Yoga Shanti flow and Shivasina 5 minutes with Rcik and Tony.
Then we worked on Scot Sonnon’s Saddle.
2 hours

Now at 17 hours 40 minutes

Did not get down to the CP Fitness Centre as planned – worked to 6:00 instead.

Did do Shiva Rea Daily Energy Flow Yoga:

Lunar Meditation 5 minutes
Core 7 minutes
Shanti 23 minutes
Shivasina 5 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Total 15 hours 40 minutes

Back at the dojo.

Had a fun kid’s class having them work on power kicks and strikes.

Adult class rolled for an hour or so then foundation conditioning then watching some of the magnificent MMA Uncaged – Sambo for MMA by Scott Sonnon on the Saddle positions.

So another 3.25

That makes it 15 hours…………

Dojo: Fun with the kids with body weight exercises and ground fighting moves.

Adults: First half moving the fulcrum forward and moving the axis to pivot on from the spine to the shoulder or point of impact.

Then worked with Rav on moving flow into small circles.

Got home and did Shiva Rea’s Daily Energy Shanti flow. I really loved it. Lots of flowing hip openers. This was the perfect flow to close the night out with.

So about 3.25 hours

That makes 11.75 hours and counting.

Tuesday and finally I am going back down to Canada Place Fitness Centre to train.

Trained for 2 hours doing a really nice long Intu-Flow I have not had the chance (or not made the chance) to do one this paced for a long time it was great. Then mobility work for a long time. Then just a little elliptical machine. Then Kata. Then back bends still having dreams of doing a real good wheel pose. Then elbow strikes on the heavy bag.

A nice night and another two hours.

8.5 hours and counting…………………

Down at the dojo for a few hours of teaching.

Did Intu-Flow and other stuff with the kids.

Then for the adults I broke out my just arrived today Scott Sonnon MMA Uncaged MMA for Sambo five DVD set. Another fantastic set and we are just getting our feet in the water.

Mobility will be needed for this stuff and tonight showed me how much farther I had to go.

And if that was not enough when I got home I did Shiva Rea flow Yoga to really show me how non-mobile I am. Did her Daily Energy breath and air sequence then shivasina – oh made those twists and turns and reach back here grab your leg then twist then OH MY GOD! Shiva Rea rocks!

So I am calling teaching mat time and training so 3 hours of that then ½ hour of Yoga for 3.5 hours.

Now 6.5 hours and counting.