tennis, life and a few things in between

Gold medalist snowboarder Jamie Anderson finds balance with yoga. In this video, she does kind of basic posts, which is to my delight.

After more than a year, I am happy (kind of .. could have done better than this ..) to report that I finally am able to accomplish half push up: can go down but can’t get back up.
Another clear improvement is, I am able to distinguish yoga from Pilate. I made enough progress to touch my butt without a major surgery to follow. One discovery, however, is the Caucasians have advantage over the Asians in posts that involve limbs, simply because theirs are just longer than us by race genetic. Of course this could relief me of not trying hard.
One of posts that come easy to me is the Garland Pose, which is squatting. Did they just copy this from us? I can’t believe they use this pose, to my delight. This proves that never give up. If you keep at it long enough, a short cut eventually opens up for you.
This nude yogi on Nerve has more complicated posts. Here is more.

I spotted a cell phone charger at NTC. Isn’t it late to the game?
I’ve seen it in Beijing when I went to visit in 2011.
Guess better late than never?

Rafael Nadal talked to COPE Radio in Barcelona on Monday, and says that while he is in good spirits, he is taking his loss in the Australian Open final a little bit harder than most.
“The soul is good,” Nadal said. “It wouldn’t be right to say I was not well after all the things this life has given me. I am a person that takes losses very well, I always have been, and I really do not think about them anymore after a few hours. This time it’s taking me a little more.”
Nadal, who tweaked his back in the second set of the Australian Open final and went on to lose to Stan Wawrinka in four sets, says the experience of suffering an injury in such a crucial match was a horrible one for him.
“I knew I had no chance of winning, but I had no intention of retiring. It was the worst hour and a half that I have spent on a tennis court,” Nadal told Spanish radio on Monday. Nadal, who was in Barcelona to be honored at the Mundo Deportivo Gala on Monday, says that he is unsure if he will be ready in time to participate in next week’s Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I am fine,” Nadal said.
“I underwent another examination today and I have continued the same treatment since I returned from Melbourne. I have not yet hit the court or done any exercise, I have been resting and have tried to do the right rehabilitation so I can get back on court as soon as possible, and my goal is to do it on Thursday.” Nadal added that he will need to see how his recovery progresses on Thursday and Friday before deciding whether or not to make the trip to Argentina.

According to Love my Yoga, there are nine types of yoga, most of them are easily done:

1. Standing Yoga Poses (all;
2. Stabilizing Yoga Poses
3. Hip Opener Yoga Poses
4. Twist Yoga Poses (here)
5. Back Bend Yoga Poses
6. Lateral Bend Yoga Poses
7. Forward Bend Yoga Poses
8. Balance Yoga Poses
9. Inversion Yoga Poses

Here are few poses:

• Bow Pose @ Liaison
• Bridge Pose (pose fm Love my yoga)
• Camel Pose see – under bend
• Cobra Pose (see) & Upward Facing Dog Pose (see)
• Crescent Lunge (see)
• Lotus pose (Padmasana).
• Pigeon @ Liais (see)
• Plank Pose @ Liaison
• Seated Sage Twist
• Side Plank Pose @ Liaison
• Squat Pose @ Liaison
• Triangle Pose (example)

Milestones to come:

1. Firefly Pose
2. headstand
3. full bridge/Wheel Pose (see)

Death on the Nile Equinox floor? Heard in the lover room that a guy has just died while in the club. Not sure if he was doing the P90X, or with a trainer? As of now the Club has not informed us of the incident.
When my husband joined he took the evualtion (the club makes new member to attend .. More of a marketing tool than..) and was cornered to buy the trainer package – one on one with a trainer. Afterward he had a second thought but was unable to cancel: in our contract, it states such purchase is final. Ive to admit that neither of us read the fine print of the contract. And I feel the trainer should have disclose this at the time of purchase.