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week 3

This week we did Bikram yoga in class. This practice was a very physical and left me more exhausted than previous classes have. This style was all about the body and not so much spirituality. All the directions made by the instructor had to do with positioning and the feeling of the stretch. For example while in the T stretch he told us to push our arms out forward and then kick our leg beck and imagine someone’s pulling it with a rope. That’s how intense he wanted the stretch to feel. There were really no instructions for breathing in this class, no closing the eyes and relaxing, he wanted all your focus on your physical movements. It was great. Being someone who enjoys bodybuilding I really enjoyed the focus this form of yoga puts on the mind muscle connection. It helps you control and feel your body better than any other class I've taken. 

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