I took the yoga class at my gym today during my lunch hour. It was soooo needed. My poor body, so neglected. Too much plane and car travel this month. Anyway, I haven’t done yoga in a long time. It felt really good, and I feel very motivated to make this a regular routine, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Maybe after a few weeks I will know enough to do it on my own, but the fact is, you always work harder in a group setting with an instructor. It’s much more difficult to just stop, get up, and walk away when there are other people watching.
Today I got an email from one of my best friends from college. Man, it’s great to hear from him again! He was easily the most creative, smartest person I knew back then. So much so that I think I felt like I needed to impress him, or feel like I was worthy of hanging out with him. Yeah, I know, but I was only 19, so.
He was always making this crazy meal he called “kitchen sink.” I think it was comprised of just about every ingredient in his kitchen. So you know. Everything but the kitchen sink. It was served cold, and I remember it was pretty good.
I keep thinking about doing yoga at my gym (evidently the class is pretty good), but I’m not sure just how much flexibility is needed. I don’t want to feel like a dork if I can’t touch my heel to my head and that’s like a basic yoga position or something.
Do you think that yoga is an easy thing to drop right in to, or not?
Don’t worry, no one is going to be looking at you or judging you. Just go to the back of the room like I do! And tell the instructor beforehand it’s your first time. Everyone has to start somewhere, you know?
Oh and expect PAIN the next day. But that goes away eventually, and will be worse if you are like me and don’t warm up first.
I think saying “expect PAIN the next day” might frighten people away. In my experience with Yoga and Pilates classes, the pain is similar to what I feel after any exercise activity. It’s not bad pain, it’s good pain.