Namaste

So, while my house might be an absolute tip! (a combination of it being too hot to clean and me being lazy) i´m taking up a couple of new hobbies while I have six weeks off work (The perks of being a teacher)

As you will have seen if you follow me on Twitter I started doing a 30 day yoga challenge. Days 1-4 shakey start but I was proud of my achievements, then day 5 NO! There is no way in hell I could do anything the girl was doing and I started to think, hmm, maybe this isn´t for beginners...

So I searched yoga for beginners on YouTube and it came up with this video I highly recommend it if you´re thinking about starting some yoga practice. Adriene explains everything really well and I felt I was actually doing the same as her and that my body was actually in line as i´ve never felt before (this is the third time i´ve "started" to take up yoga)

I could do with some tips though, if anyone has any idea how to stop your hands slipping while doing downwards dog... or do I have overly sweaty hands?! Please tell me other people have this problem!

My other new "hobby" well it isn´t really a hobby, is, i´m learning French. I surprised myself (and everyone else) at how quickly I learnt Spanish so I decided to give French a go, I know i´m not going to be as fluente in French as I am in Spanish because I don´t live in a French speaking country but my sister in law is French so when I get to the point where I can speak I can practice with her.

I´m using Duolingo which is great, because you can do as little or as much as you like a day and you can use your computer or your phone, and it´s FREE!! And who doesn´t love a freebie?!

And now that i´ve done an hour of French practice and 20 minutes of Yoga, I suppose I should get on with cleaning the house right? Or maybe I´ll wait for Mr Millennial to buy me the new Dyson that I am dying for (I´m definitely old!) which I think will be sometime around the 10th of never...