As I've mentioned several times, I recently started taking yoga classes with a real live person instead of a DVD.
It is so wonderful. I only had ever done a solstice meditation at Joy Tree, and only got one class in at Ombodies Yoga. But here, I am in a full session. It is a wonderful experience. All of the yoga I have done so far is in the Ashtanga Tradition with vinyasa flow. It is such a calming, dynamic, brilliant experience. I am so calm and centered after class. I float out of the building for crying out loud!
This has been such a good thing for me, with all of the crap that has been piling up lately. My instructor's favorite saying is 'Leave it on the mat.' And I do. I am so completely focused on my practice when I am in that room. Nothing invades my mind, it is blissfully empty of worry and thought.
After every class I wonder what took me so long to seek out a class instead of plowing on with the DVDs. It's a fleeting worry because I am so calm afterwards, but I wonder still. And I know that I will never go back to DVDs of yoga, never, ever.
It's hard to find the right words to describe how I feel during my practice. I'm sweating like crazy, my heart is beating like mad, but my breathing is slow, deep and even. My legs are shaking but I breathe into those muscles; I find the connection between mind and muscle and I can make it through.
Of course, sometimes my knees hurt in the plank position because my muscles are fatigued and I have to adjust. But I feel my body growing stronger and my connection to myself is growing every class.
I highly recommend taking yoga for anyone. Especially people who have high stress levels, but anyone who wants a great work out and a place that centers, calms and relaxes them, should definitely go too. And for all the pregnant ladies out there, a lot of studios have pre-natal yoga as well.
I think that if everyone in the world took yoga, there would be a lot more calm discussion than rash anger.
Namaste.
It is so wonderful. I only had ever done a solstice meditation at Joy Tree, and only got one class in at Ombodies Yoga. But here, I am in a full session. It is a wonderful experience. All of the yoga I have done so far is in the Ashtanga Tradition with vinyasa flow. It is such a calming, dynamic, brilliant experience. I am so calm and centered after class. I float out of the building for crying out loud!
This has been such a good thing for me, with all of the crap that has been piling up lately. My instructor's favorite saying is 'Leave it on the mat.' And I do. I am so completely focused on my practice when I am in that room. Nothing invades my mind, it is blissfully empty of worry and thought.
After every class I wonder what took me so long to seek out a class instead of plowing on with the DVDs. It's a fleeting worry because I am so calm afterwards, but I wonder still. And I know that I will never go back to DVDs of yoga, never, ever.
It's hard to find the right words to describe how I feel during my practice. I'm sweating like crazy, my heart is beating like mad, but my breathing is slow, deep and even. My legs are shaking but I breathe into those muscles; I find the connection between mind and muscle and I can make it through.
Of course, sometimes my knees hurt in the plank position because my muscles are fatigued and I have to adjust. But I feel my body growing stronger and my connection to myself is growing every class.
I highly recommend taking yoga for anyone. Especially people who have high stress levels, but anyone who wants a great work out and a place that centers, calms and relaxes them, should definitely go too. And for all the pregnant ladies out there, a lot of studios have pre-natal yoga as well.
I think that if everyone in the world took yoga, there would be a lot more calm discussion than rash anger.
Namaste.
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