From my two most recent posts it would appear that there's being a lot of wishing going on. Well hypothetically at least....
I practise yoga every Wednesday night. I have been doing yoga with the same teacher for just over three years. Today's wish is that yoga had come into my life a lot sooner than it did. I used to come to yoga a stressed out mess and would leave on cloud nine, feeling like a completely different person. At the moment I am a much more normal person when I come in the door of my class but I still manage to leave feeling like I'm sitting on a shooting star or a rainbow.
Most of this is down to the yoga while some of this is down to my fabulous yoga teacher. My last job was based close to where she teaches, so it was handy to drop in on the way home (which is further away again). Now that work and my house are within close proximity to each other in Belfast (in the complete opposite direction from where I used to hale from), I have to drive to my yoga class (as my teacher doesn't teach in Belfast) but it is so worth it. Not very yoga with my huge carbon footprint but I'll try not to worry about that.
I am not the most likely candidate for yoga in many respects but I would encourage anyone who has ever thought of going along to a class to give it a go. Don't go to just one class though, I would recommend that you try at least three before making a decision as to whether it's for you or not. I laughed constantly throughout my initial few classes and I still giggle at times and fall over even after three years. Also remember that there are so many different types of yoga that one type might suit you and your best friend might prefer another.
My yoga teacher has, just last year changed to teach a slightly different type of yoga, called Yogabeats which is pionneered by David Sye. I went along to one of his workshops in Belfast towards the end of last year and it was totally amazing - if not just to witness the man himself in action. Check out the Yogabeats website for images of what this flexible man can do and a prize if you can spot me from the back in one of the photos from the Belfast event!
One downside though to all this yoga is that it has made me openly jealous of my 18 month old god-daughter. I watch her as she squats down to play with toys, does the most perfect "dog head downs" without even blinking and full on forward bends. Oh to be so flexible!
Labels: my god-daughter, yoga, Yogabeats
posted by the craic girl @ 17:08
2 Comments:
I took yoga up a few years ago. The first class I signed up for was actually for intermediates and it was Astanga. I did this by mistake BTW. Anyway, it nearly killed me. I was not flexible in the slightest and the teacher would push me into the positions. I would leave sore but I had paid a lot of money for it so endured it.
After this I went back and did a beginners class and then repeated the intermediate. This time I found it great. The class was very long with half an hour for meditation and I always left much lighter.
I moved to Brussels and have not signed up to a class (and kind of let the personal practice slip). Since giving up yoga I have noticed such a difference in my fitness and body toning since (or lack there of).
DQ....
Astanga yoga is very scary indeed. Well done you for doing any personal practice - I am rubbish and never do any. Besides the Smallest Apartment in the World has no floor space suitable for yoga.
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