Yoga. Ah Yoga. Ommmmmmmmm. Yoga is defined as a system of exercises practiced as part of this discipline to promote control of the body and mind. Thank you freeDictionary.com!! Well I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. How these women walk around all flexible and at peace with their inner thoughts. So last night I went to my first ever Yoga class. Well.....I LOVED IT.
Now for those of you who have taken yoga before please bare with me I am a beginner and have no idea what the poses are called or any other yoga jargon. First off i wasn't sure to keep my eyes open or shut. At least not until the teacher informed the class who had all done yoga before so she was really just telling me, that i could keep them open or shut. I chose to keep my eyes open especially when she would announce the name of the next pose. I had no idea what the cat, cow, child, baby was so my eyes remained open a lot. I'm sorry to all the yoga enthusiast if i completely made up those names but i am pretty positive she said those words sometime during the class. However, keeping my eyes open really ruined the whole Zen feel for me. How am I suppose to relax when I am watching the teacher like a hawk, to make sure that I don't make a fool of myself. I did close them from time to time especially when she told the class we were going to hold this hip stretching position for 5 minutes. WHAT 5 minutes! My arms were shaking I was fidgeting like a person who just shot up in the bathroom (which i have never done by the way). She then lets the class know how well everyone is doing, but to try not to fidget. Once again I was the awkward duck doing yoga with a bunch of swans. I wanted to look like all the other people all calm, relaxed, Serene but instead i looked like i had a corn cob stuck up my ass and my breathing was more like a pant than it was controlled. I did love the teacher and i swear every time she spoke it was directed at me.. Which i had no problem with I needed guidance and I made it pretty obvious
My question is, how on earth do you put your legs behind your head and still take deep even breath?. I'm curled up in a ball and my fat roll is touching my chin so even breathing isn't happening, its more like gasping for air. I am trying to remain cool and calm like I know exactly what I am doing. Just breathe in and out, in and out. Controlled breathing is the key. Or at lease that is what the instructor kept saying. Then we tried different breathing techniques like inhaling while counting to 4, holding while counting to 4, exhaling to 4 and hold again to 4. I was concentrating so hard on counting that I forgot to listen to what position i was suppose to be in. So I'm in the downward dog or something like that while everyone else is doing the cat or cow, I don't know, the back arching thing. After this my eyes stayed open because i didn't want to be caught in that predicament again.
Towards the end of the 70 min class I wanted to collapse on the floor but I did feel more relaxed and definitely more flexible. For the next class I will have to work on breathing in the flexibility and breathing out the bad. I find it very difficult to calm my thoughts. Anyways the Zen lasted about 30 minutes after I got home and then Ellie proceeded to scream at every move I made. Maybe I need to teach her some moves so she can breathe in the calm and out the screaming!
Today I am a wife, mother, beginner yogi! Is yogi a word?
Keep chasing those Fireflies!!!
CJ
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