Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Yin
After weeks of illness & crazy moving, things are finally starting to calm down. I still have a little bit of a cough, but not enough to scare people off of their mats so I decided to attend a class at Bliss Flow last night. Part of my teacher training requires a minimum of two classes taught by BF Master Teachers and unfortunately my schedule only allows for two classes a week. One of the classes is Yin Yoga. Last night I attended that particular class and had my first experience with Yin. I didn’t really know what to expect so I was glad that Marta (the instructor) explained a little bit at the beginning of class. Basically it was fairly easy stretchy stuff but holy crap; they make you hold your poses for what feels like 20 minutes! Really, though it was like 3 minutes each. I really struggled with a few poses. Not so much getting into them, but holding them. Towards the end of the 3 minutes I would get very antsy and keep repositioning myself. I focused on my Ujjayi breath (yes I just googled the spelling-looks like I won’t be graduating anytime soon) to help me through it, but boy oh boy sometimes that didn’t even help.
On the flip side I was able to go really deep into some of the stretches. Deeper than I’ve been able to go since I was in the 6th grade! The Ujjay breathing (that one was from memory) really did help. With about every other exhale I was able to go deeper without killing myself. Imagine my total surprise when three quarters of the way thru my seated forward bend I felt my forehead graze my kneecaps! All in all, it was a good “first day back” class. Nothing too crazy, and it felt good with the right amount of pain
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