I thought it would be interesting to try out some new things in the world of staying fit and healthy. Since I’ve been spending a lot of time at Bend Studio for their music shows, I thought I would give Ally a shot at teaching this non-flexible guy a little Yoga. After all, I have two friends who are very into it and very fit, and the price for Bend’s beginner class was negligible. On top of that, I was, and still am very interested to learn how yoga helps in fitness and wellness because I don’t really understand it.
The first class went pretty well. I felt like I was a little bit more flexible than I was giving myself credit for (but by no means “flexible”). I felt a little bit uncoordinated while dong some of the poses, but didn’t find any of them to be taxing on muscle strength. The one really strange thing that I didn’t expect was that I got an endorphin type head rush a few times. I think it was caused by all of the expanding and opening up of the chest/spine, but not sure. The last 10 mins of class in the “corpses” pose was worth the entire course fee! I left feeling so loose and relaxed….. Good stuff. My obliques were a little sore the next day, but otherwise didn’t notice anything.
The second class last night was a little bit more taxing. Some of the poses were more difficult, and the less difficult ones were harder on me because I was really trying to make sure I was doing them right (welll… let’s just say …. less wrong). I’m afraid that Ally might think that I was being rude or disrespectful because I laughed out loud several times during the session. I was laughing at myself because for some reason I felt stumpy and uncoordinated as hell last night! I know I’m my fathers son…and stumpy by nature, but I felt like someone cut off 8 inches from all of my limbs, and gave me the coordination of a little girl taking dance for the first time. I’d get my arms set up, and my legs would be all out of wack. I’d fix that and then something else would be messed up. At one point we were doing a pose that when it was demonstrated…. It looked easy. It looked as simple as someone saying : touch your nose with your finger tip. Then I tried…. It looked so simple but I couldn’t get my knees anywhere CLOSE to being together like they were supposed to be, and I had to cheat and sit on a blanket (not the floor as demonstrated) because I’m pretty sure I would have pulled a muscle if I went for the floor. I laughed because it was as funny as trying to do the simple task of touching your nose, and for some reason not being able to get more than 8 inches away from it. I was the downward facing dumbass!!! That’s why I was laughing. It was either get frustrated or laugh at myself…so I laughed!
I’ll keep you guys updated. So far so good. It’s very different for me and I’m enjoying it.
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