Week 2: My Hips Hate Me.
It has now been my 3rd practice of yoga and I have to say that this pretty interesting experience thus far. The beginning of this journey I am embarking on is not easy for a couple of reasons.
Our professor had a Bikram Yoga teacher come to coach a practice with our class. This was the first time our class did a practice together. Through out the whole session our coach was saying these, if I were to be frank, outrageous claims that what we were doing had these medical treatments. Bikram was very intense and had none of the tranquil aspect that my professors class had. out of the 26 postures maybe 3 of them I could not physically do, and when that was apparent the coach told me that "it shows me where I am at" like I was unaware of my body.
While starting this yoga journey I have started to become more in-tune with my body, after the bikram practice I could tell that my throat and neck where very much inflamed, my hips where tight, my back has been in constant pain for so long that I forgot what it felt like for it to be relieved of pain. I threw this up to it being a very physically inclined yoga practice.
On Wednesday I went to Luanne Anton's yoga class. Her class was something of more of a ritual experience, I went in to do mediation where she had all of us stay in a pose of our choice and start to clear our mind focusing on breathing. This was the first time that I experienced a "studio", I say that because it was at a campus multipurpose room, as a ritual experience When we walked into the room she asked us to make sure our phones were off and that we removed our shoes and socks.When we went into mediation and she had a video of tranquil images playing on a screen behind her while playing relaxing music. while she was going through her script she would hit a bell that seemed like it was a symbol or something that would put us in a state of mediation. The actual yoga itself was very similar to how my professor coached her class, she would both lead and practice with us telling us to go at our own pace. While doing this third practice I felt intense pain in my hips and that is when I realized that my hips hate me and they need to be worked on.
I can see how being in this certain atmosphere can create a sacred space where one can come and habitually practice yoga. The music and other decorations provide an environment of a judgement free zone where people who are not the most physically adept can work on themselves.
I have alot of work to do, yoga has got me inspired to lose weight because my body is holding me back.
Our professor had a Bikram Yoga teacher come to coach a practice with our class. This was the first time our class did a practice together. Through out the whole session our coach was saying these, if I were to be frank, outrageous claims that what we were doing had these medical treatments. Bikram was very intense and had none of the tranquil aspect that my professors class had. out of the 26 postures maybe 3 of them I could not physically do, and when that was apparent the coach told me that "it shows me where I am at" like I was unaware of my body.
While starting this yoga journey I have started to become more in-tune with my body, after the bikram practice I could tell that my throat and neck where very much inflamed, my hips where tight, my back has been in constant pain for so long that I forgot what it felt like for it to be relieved of pain. I threw this up to it being a very physically inclined yoga practice.
On Wednesday I went to Luanne Anton's yoga class. Her class was something of more of a ritual experience, I went in to do mediation where she had all of us stay in a pose of our choice and start to clear our mind focusing on breathing. This was the first time that I experienced a "studio", I say that because it was at a campus multipurpose room, as a ritual experience When we walked into the room she asked us to make sure our phones were off and that we removed our shoes and socks.When we went into mediation and she had a video of tranquil images playing on a screen behind her while playing relaxing music. while she was going through her script she would hit a bell that seemed like it was a symbol or something that would put us in a state of mediation. The actual yoga itself was very similar to how my professor coached her class, she would both lead and practice with us telling us to go at our own pace. While doing this third practice I felt intense pain in my hips and that is when I realized that my hips hate me and they need to be worked on.
I can see how being in this certain atmosphere can create a sacred space where one can come and habitually practice yoga. The music and other decorations provide an environment of a judgement free zone where people who are not the most physically adept can work on themselves.
I have alot of work to do, yoga has got me inspired to lose weight because my body is holding me back.
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