Health is Wealth: Stability Circuit - Day 8/243 #RUN

“Curiously, while you’re discovering the God within you, I’m discovering the You, within me. ”

— The Universe

Join Adriene on Day 8 of The 30 Days of Yoga journey! Yoga For Healing & Meditation! Whether you plan to mediate after practice or whether the practice IS your mediation use this slow and juicy sequence to guide your body and your breath. Day 8 invites you slow down, cultivate balance and CONNECT.

The psoas muscle is known as the "muscle to the soul" and it is the muscle that stores tension and trauma from the Sympathetic Nervous System's fight or flight response. Over time the stored tension in this muscle can cause hip, back, knee and even neck and shoulder pain.

HRV Score: 59
Relative Balance: 9 (Parasympathetic)

Sleep: 7hr 15min

Overall Mood: Woke up feeling great. Especially, after a rest day. Woke up earlier than usual and couldn’t go back to sleep.

Home:

• Yoga Day 8 - Yoga for Healing & Meditation

• Deep Psoas Trauma Release
  

Gym: Stability Circuit

1. Grand Staircase Hike (15min Warm up)

   1. .85 miles

   2. EG: 315Ft

   3. Max HR: 113.

2. Trinity Mountain Run

   1. Aerobic

   2. 1.73miles

   3. Average HR: 146 (180-34(My age)= 146)

3. Standard Pull Ups - 3 x 10

4. Dumb-bell Squats (Dumb bell held under chin) - 3 x 15 @35lbs

5. Standing Cable Pulls - 3 x 20 @20lbs

6. Standard Push ups - 3 x 20

7. Hip Extensions on Stability Ball - 3 x 20 W/5sec pause

8. Dumb bell Chek Press - 3 x 15 @10lbs

9. Stability Ball Seated Cable Rotations - 3 x 12/side @ 15lbs

10. Russian Leg Curls - 1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3

Internet Truth or Fiction: Drinking Water from Copper cups/water bottles has incredible health benefits. Water stored in copper water jugs can become natural alkaline water, which helps balance your body’s pH levels. Studies have shown that copper is anti-bacterial, acts as en effective anti-oxidant and improves immunity to name a few of the benefits. Here are 11 others..

1. Helps the digestive system perform better

2. Aids in weight loss

3. helps heal wounds faster

4. slows down aging

5. helps maintain hearth health and beats hypertension

6. Mitigates cancer risk

7. Regulates the thyroid gland

8. Helps in deterring arthritis and inflammation

9. Beats infection

10. Boosts skin health and melanin production

11. Helps beat anemia

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