Day 22 is actually Class 22. This class is a Saturday Doubleheader, following the early AM class that I took this morning. Dana was there with me too.
We took a vinyassa flow class, and the teacher was Sarah C. She's very good! She has a beautiful commanding voice (a key ingredient for a yoga teacher), and taught an interesting flow. I appreciated her creativity, because sometimes vinyassa flow teachers can be overly reliant on basic sun salutations, rushing through them over and over and over again, which can be boring.
Sarah did some interesting poses that felt great. We did a bunch of forward folds with our legs wide spread. That's one of my faves.
She also had us stand on one foot, holding our large toe on the opposite side, and then lifting that leg straight out, and then to the side. I can do this, but not too long ago I felt like it was out of my range of possibilities. Funny, I wonder what shifted in my mind or body to make it happen? Our ability to change with yoga postures is incremental, but it does eventually happen. There are many asanas I used to struggle with (camel, hero, tree...), that I can now do with ease. And yet there are many more that I still need to master!
There was an older man who sang alongside of Sarah for her opening sanskrit mantra. He knew all the words and sang with confidence, which signaled that he is a devoted yogi. And that he was! He did some crazy advanced moves, requiring immense flexibility and strength, variations that I've never seen before. He was in his mid to late 50's or so, but his torso and core were that of a much younger man.
Might yoga be the fountain of youth?! It may very well be, if coupled with the yogi diet and lifestyle. Most importantly, yoga helps to keep stress at bay, which will otherwise whittle us down with misery. It also keeps the physical body toned and flexible, and it helps with balance.
I will be aging gracefully with yoga.
We took a vinyassa flow class, and the teacher was Sarah C. She's very good! She has a beautiful commanding voice (a key ingredient for a yoga teacher), and taught an interesting flow. I appreciated her creativity, because sometimes vinyassa flow teachers can be overly reliant on basic sun salutations, rushing through them over and over and over again, which can be boring.
Sarah did some interesting poses that felt great. We did a bunch of forward folds with our legs wide spread. That's one of my faves.
She also had us stand on one foot, holding our large toe on the opposite side, and then lifting that leg straight out, and then to the side. I can do this, but not too long ago I felt like it was out of my range of possibilities. Funny, I wonder what shifted in my mind or body to make it happen? Our ability to change with yoga postures is incremental, but it does eventually happen. There are many asanas I used to struggle with (camel, hero, tree...), that I can now do with ease. And yet there are many more that I still need to master!
There was an older man who sang alongside of Sarah for her opening sanskrit mantra. He knew all the words and sang with confidence, which signaled that he is a devoted yogi. And that he was! He did some crazy advanced moves, requiring immense flexibility and strength, variations that I've never seen before. He was in his mid to late 50's or so, but his torso and core were that of a much younger man. Might yoga be the fountain of youth?! It may very well be, if coupled with the yogi diet and lifestyle. Most importantly, yoga helps to keep stress at bay, which will otherwise whittle us down with misery. It also keeps the physical body toned and flexible, and it helps with balance.
I will be aging gracefully with yoga.
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