Practicing means an opportunity to improve the skills. You don't automatically get better by practicing. Doing the right thing is at least as important. Too much practice can lead to injury. Practicing intelligently is important.

Without practicing, the status quo will not be maintained. I'm not thinking of breaks that the body needs, but longer stops. The older you get, the more this applies. One week without strength training and I already notice that I have become weaker. One week without stretching and the body has quickly adapted to the 'new' lifestyle.

If you realize that interruptions mean a step backwards, it can motivate you to do something in any case. Little exercise is ten times better than zero days.

Until the end of May my focus is the splits (forward and sideways): hanumanasana and sanakonasana.

The exercises are already easier now. You don't always notice progress. All goals are intermediate. Once a goal is achieved, the next vision appears on the horizon.

At the end of May I will see how far I have come. If there is no progress at all, you are doing something wrong.

The splits are a basic position that can be practiced in combination with many positions. Above I am practicing the splits in the headstand. In the third picture I am stretching the hamstrings. It is a preliminary exercise of hanumanasana.

Continuing is the credo.

You never know everything.