I’m am happy to see such enthusiasm for the 31-Day Yoga Challenge! And, I am psyched that I am going to have some (virtual) buddies to do it with! 
I know we will be great yogi cheerleaders for one another!
To keep you guys motivated all month long, I will be creating an online journal where we can share our experiences, insights, observations, successes, and challenges with yoga as well as offer advice and opinions on our favorite poses, equipment, classes, DVDs, audio and video sessions. It’s basically going to be a mish-mash of yoga-related goodies to keep us inspired!
So, here’s how the journal will work:
- Each day, I will comment on my yoga experience in a blog post. On the same blog post, you guys can comment about your own yoga practice for the day. Feel free to comment about anything that you want– it can be reflective and personal or just a general comment, like “I like YogaDownload’s ‘Yoga for Runners’ because it really stretched my hamstrings’!”
- At the end of the day, I will compile all of your comments and link them to the 31-Day Yoga Challenge page as a record of our progress. Once we complete the challenge, looking back to see how far our minds and bodies have come will be really cool!
As a little incentive to participate, there will be prizes at the end of the 31-Day Challenge! I’m still working out the details, but the prizes will be yoga-related goodies (mats, DVDs, etc.) (Hopefully, I will have more details about this soon!) As part of determining the winners, the more you comment and participate in the journal, the more chances you have to win!
I am super excited to begin this challenge on Sunday! I’ve tried yoga on and off for years, but the “habit” never really stuck. (I used to go to a weekly class at Healthworks, but I only lasted about 3 months.) The random yoga that I’ve done every now and then has been enjoyable, but not THAT enjoyable for me. Being so inflexible, I’m not really good at it– it’s even painful at times (i.e. pigeon pose)! Plus, I am still getting past the thinking that yoga isn’t really a “workout.” I know, I know, I am completely wrong about this, but my thinking for the past decade has been: workout = cardio (running, biking, tennis, etc.) or strength training (free weights, Nautilus, etc.). I have a feeling this new thinking is going to be one of MANY things that I will learn about yoga (and myself)! I’m looking forward to the journey, guys! 
Countdown to 31-Day Yoga Challenge: 1 day!!!
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How interesting to see this post. I am about to write my post on a 10-day yoga challenge, taking a 90-min class every day for 10 days in a row, and when I did a Google search, your post was # 1. How exciting that you kept this up for 31 days. I finished day 6 and hope to finish up to day 10. I am terribly sore already
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Namaste to all of you!!
Your Yoga Challenge has inspired me to do a challenge of my own. I have been telling myself for years to start running. I did for a while in 2007 when I had a buddy to cruise the track with. Starting January 4th on my 30th birthday, I am going to start my 30 day challenge. I think I can do it (with the some support from my readers). And hopefully I’ll motivate others in the process. Any advice?
And thank you for your fabulous blog!
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