The class started out slow, we did simple stretches as the teacher talked about exhaling the staleness of our mind and growing into the earth. Truthfully, I found it hard not to laugh at this point because I was so used to my P90X yoga which involved none of this, for lack of a better word, "sacredness" aspect. Towards the middle of the hour long class we started doing some poses which got me sweating and shaking. One I remember in particular was the Chair pose.
However most of the poses and session were just stretches. Okay I shouldn't say just stretches, because boy did they hurt! But it was a lot calmer than my P90X, and I was very happy for that. The instructor had a nice soothing voice and it was a very nice atmosphere, quiet too. We spent the last five minutes just lying in the corpse pose which was such a wonderful moment. My whole body was so relaxed and my mind was clear. I never really got the "clearing your mind" thing of yoga but during that session I really didn't have anything on my mind except my breathing! Awesome!
I felt so stretched and well after my yoga session, like I do after physical therapy. I just don't feel that way after my video yoga so I think it will be hard to not come back to classes! I will probably think of other things to say as soon as I post this- but I will save that for another blog post. Namaste! (OH! The person said Namaste at the end which was really exciting!) And another thing! I am becoming more and more interested in the cultural phenomenon that is yoga and intend to look into that during my vacation in Florida.
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