RE: RE: TOO MUCH FITNESS CAN BE BAD FOR YOU
OOOMMMMM….I am like you, …the first yoga class I attended I felt like I was playing a game of Solitary Twister. Was it ONLY me that was asking silently while looking around for visual direction…..how do I get to that position without looking totally uncoordinated or looking as stiff and confused as an 80 year old?? When it was obvious that I was a novice and was slow on the contortion up-take, I felt some yogatude from my fellow practiced participants.
Terminology was easy to catch on to as long as it was in English…..like “child’s pose” or “down dog”, but once we got to Anjaneyasama I was lost. And asking me to remember the pose, how to get into the pose and the name of the pose was too much multi-tasking for my stressed-out brain. I thought taking a Yoga class was supposed to relax my whole being, not make me have to think quickly on my feet as to not humiliate myself and stand out like a “yogeezer”!!
Which brings me to the best part of the Yoga Class……..deep breathing while being flat on my back and releasing every contracted muscle in my body one at a time. That is when I reach the most critical, appreciated and important part of the Yoga class……the Yoga Nidra…better known to the amateurs of the group as the five minute NAP.
I’ll be back for more of THAT!!
Lorraine