Cloudy, windy, and a little above 0 C at 10 am when we met Laurie/Gucci for another great ride. The bird theme continued today. Saw wild turkeys in full display on the side of the 416 on the way to the farm, saw my first robin of the spring in the paddock, a cardinal flew across the road as well as Canada geese and snow geese.
The turkeys reminded me of an old photo I ran across the other day that, for some reason, I have been carrying around in my wallet. It is my Uncle David and the first turkey at Lenswood. Good thing Baba annotated all her pictures!
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| David. Our first turkey at Lenswood. 1952 |
In keeping with the bird theme, Gucci and Luba did some flying too - we hit 19mph at one point on the way home from Carsonby Road! We need to find a track so we can really open those girls up! Luba's CRI at the end was 53/51.
All that riding can be hard on your back after the winter hiatus. I find the child's pose to be very restorative for my back after riding. The goal is to keep your buttocks on your heels, so if you need to, make fists and stack them under your forehead. Then practise deep abdominal breathing in and out through your nose. You should feel your belly pressing against your thighs with each inhale.
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| child's pose |
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| child's pose with stacked fists |
A variation is to spread your knees as wide as your yoga mat and stretch your arms out in front of you.
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| hip and upper back opener version of child's pose |
Once you are very comfortable in this posture, you can get the whole family involved with the partner version of child's pose!
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| Partner yoga version of child's pose |
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