African Film Festival

Portland OR has an African Film Festival (as in films made in Africa) every year. Movies aren't my thing so I haven't gone, but this year it's virtual and I thought some of you folks might be interested.

Info from Oregon Senator Michael Dembrow's Feb 2 newsletter (scroll down).

Festival starts Friday Feb 5. https://www.africanfilmfestival.org/. Some films are only viewable in Oregon. List of films and availability by location.

( quoted from the newsletter )

Yoga videos

I've continued practicing yoga fairly regularly for 10-20 minutes each day. Sometimes I'm using parts of the routine I linked to earlier, and I'm starting to branch out to other gentle short routines. So far I'm staying with Sarah Beth's videos. If you have gentle yin/slow yoga videos to recommend, please share!

Yoga for Bloating, Digestion, Ulcerative Colitis, IBD & IBS. 12 minutes. Looks reasonable on a watch-through, haven't tried it yet. ETA: Really like it!

10 minute Yoga for Neck & Shoulder Tension. This one was really nice, if a little rushed. I might do it with the video a few more times until I can remember the poses, then do it at my own pace. Maybe I can try youtube's slowed-down play setting.

15 minute Yin Yoga for Upper Body Tension. Looks interesting, haven't tried it yet. ETA: Nope! Too intense for my shoulders.

30 min Yoga Stretch to UNWIND Tight Neck & Hips. I liked the first half of this one for my neck, although there was some new agey talk at the beginning that I didn't want. I wandered off when she got to pigeon pose for the hips, since that feels like too much for me right now.

I'm finding that especially for my neck, I need to keep the movements small and do them slowly.

ETA: From adrian_turtle in comments, Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Relief - Yoga With Adriene. Watch out for gratuitous dizzying motion at 36-50 seconds. My neck and upper back felt like "wtf was that?!" right afterwards, but the next morning they felt better than they have in a while.

Also Yoga For Neck, Shoulders, Upper Back - 10 Minute Yoga Quickie - Yoga With Adriene - quick, relatively mild, can be done in a chair except the last twist pose, which I skipped.