Yoga Class Number Dos

Last Saturday should've been our second beginners yoga class. Unfortunatley, I just wasn't feeling up to it so we skipped it. Oops! Bad, bad Julie.

Yesterday, we went and it was quite a bit more intense that the first class. The type of yoga we're learning is vinyasa which I guess means flow so you "flow" from one pose to the next. As I discovered yesterday flowing from pose to pose creates some sweat. And some soreness the next day.

We also did a little bit of meditation in the class. I was excited for the meditation section but I found the instructor very distracting. While we were doing our deep breathing she talked the whole time. And not relaxing meditation talk like "Focus on your breathing. Feel your chest open and expand. Yada yada" or things like that. Instead, she'll say "Is your mind wandering yet? Did you start making lists or thinking about things to do?" To which I wanted to respond "No, I wasn't making a list until you mentioned it. Now I sure am." So, her creating distraction and taking me away from the meditation didn't teach me about meditation.

Oh well. I still liked the yoga part. Even though it's kinda hard for me to move around too enthusiastically today.

Of course, I am going to need my own yoga mat soon. I'm thinking about this one from Target.

New Year's Resolutions in Action

This year, Christian and I made a joint resolution to try yoga. Neither one of us has been very active (read: I haven't gone to the gym in probably 2 years) and we really should be. Also, I really need some stress relief in my life. So, we decided to try yoga thinking it would help us get out of the apartment and doing something physical and maybe it would help me not be so darn cranky all the time.

This morning was our first of four beginner sessions at this place -- Laughing Lotus -- over on 19th Street. How did we choose Laughing Lotus? It's close to our apartment. They had a total beginners series. And it was the cheapest of the places I found in my 20 minutes of looking around on yelp, google, etc.

I was shocked at how much I liked it. Given, this was only the first class, but so far, I think I could really get into yoga. I could've done without the instructor reading to us from the yoga sutras at the beginning of the class and I need to see if I can lessen the hurt that was happening in my wrists but otherwise I'm totally psyched that we decided to try it.

For your amusement, here's a totally awful picture of me this morning before we went.