This week in class (9/22) we did the Bikram Sequence. Going into this I was really excited because I have heard a lot of great things about this type of yoga. Overall, I feel that I did reasonably well. I think that I would have been able to move more and go deeper into a posture had it been the 105 degrees. I am still interested in doing a Bikram class and I am looking into the classes that Diane teaches in Margate if I ever have time to! I really proud of myself that I could actually do some of the more difficult postures...it was a nice self esteem boost!
The one thing I wasnt too crazy about were the mini-savasanas in between. I got a little annoyed with the laying down, sitting up flipping to the front of the mat and so on. That I could do without, but I can understand why they are needed to rest the body between each posture.
After we finished I felt stronger and my legs definitley felt a little jello like! I guess I used muscles that I forgot were there! I was more aware of my back and there was a difference in my posture which made me feel strong when I walked.
I think that I will definitley try to get into a real Bikram Studio sometime in the near future. Hopefully while I am still taking this class so I can blog about it!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
First Outside Practice Impression
I guess you could say that I am no newcomer to Yoga but I don't consider myself a beginner either...I feel I am somewhere in the middle but not sure what to call it. I have always dabbled in the practice of yoga but never consistently did it. I am finally really excited to start practicing on a regular basis. I took this class because I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis last year. I heard that yoga is a really effective way to relieve some of the symptoms associated with this disease. I have decided I am going to try to practice 3-4 times a week and see what happens...
My first impression of yoga was enlightening. I had finally found something that I truely enjoyed and felt really good doing it. The first outside practice I did for this class I went to Gentle Yoga with Rebecca at Yoga Nine. I had been to this class before but I figured I would try to start anew and look at it as my first real yoga class.
To be honest I was really surprised that this particular gentle yoga class was so intense. I believe it was a splits class so we needed all kinds of boulsters and blocks, which I was not familiar with. I don't think I had any difficulty during the class with any of postures. I am pretty flexible so most postures I can get into with little effort. I will say that by the end of the class I was sweating heavily because the temperature in the room was somewhere near 90 degrees. So by the end of the class I was slipping all over my mat. The overall class seemed to have the same issues I had with the heat but I found that it made me move better.
Evertime I finish a class I feel refreshed and most of the time I end up taking a nap afterwards but after I wake up I feel renewed and have a different outlook on things. It helps me remain calm and controlled.
My first impression of yoga was enlightening. I had finally found something that I truely enjoyed and felt really good doing it. The first outside practice I did for this class I went to Gentle Yoga with Rebecca at Yoga Nine. I had been to this class before but I figured I would try to start anew and look at it as my first real yoga class.
To be honest I was really surprised that this particular gentle yoga class was so intense. I believe it was a splits class so we needed all kinds of boulsters and blocks, which I was not familiar with. I don't think I had any difficulty during the class with any of postures. I am pretty flexible so most postures I can get into with little effort. I will say that by the end of the class I was sweating heavily because the temperature in the room was somewhere near 90 degrees. So by the end of the class I was slipping all over my mat. The overall class seemed to have the same issues I had with the heat but I found that it made me move better.
Evertime I finish a class I feel refreshed and most of the time I end up taking a nap afterwards but after I wake up I feel renewed and have a different outlook on things. It helps me remain calm and controlled.
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