Slow return

On the advice of my doctor, I've been running and swimming in an effort to add some cardio to my life. Slowly I've worked up to be able to run 3 ten minute miles. The swimming is coming along too. Both feel pretty good and when I practice yoga I notice that it's much easier to control my breath, to keep it smooth rather than forced. This week I practiced yoga everyday including the moonday. On the moon day I went to a Yin class followed by a Vajra class. I felt really, really good afterward. There is something about the slow pace, the extended holds and the focus on meditation even as you are moving that I find really nice. Of course, in Ashtanga you are focused on breath and movement also, but in Yin you hold the poses for 3-5 minutes. The next day when I did Ashtanga, the tightness and resistance I had felt before just wasn't there at all. Maybe one reason I stopped Ashtanga was that it seemed too closed off. The opening on a mental and physical level that happens when I do Yin and other forms of yoga are good in a number of ways.