In my quest to be a healthier and more fit person I decided to take part in the Yoga class at the gym. Now, I had done yoga some time ago and remember it as being a good workout with an amazingly relaxing ending. My memory was obviously shaded in some kind of rosy haze.
8:00pm- I walk into the classroom and immediately notice that I'm the only one there without breasts...hummm.
8:02pm- The instructor, Valerie, says hello and explains that we would be doing some stretching and some power yoga (I had no idea what power yoga was) and reminds everyone not to push it to an uncomfortable level... hummm.
8:03pm- We started with some slow neck rotations, nothing major. A little stretching to warm up. It actually felt great. We then moved on to what she called some lengthening poses whereby you have to stand on both feet, legs straight, reach down and place your hands on the floor and push your back up toward the ceiling... I will refer to this as an attempt to break you in half and it just went downhill from there... OMG!
8:50pm- Finally a reprieve. We laid down on our mats, facing up, hands to the sides, palms up. She had some really soft music playing as she took us through relaxing every muscle in our bodies. Now this... this part right here... this makes it worth it.
Seriously though, this is an excellent workout. I poured more sweat in 1 hour of yoga than I have in the last 3 months. I felt great, more energized at the end of the class. I would recommend Yoga to anyone looking for a very low impact, yet intense workout. I can't wait for next week's class. In the mean time, there's a Kick Boxing class I want to try... more pain coming this way.
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