This week I tried a class at
lifetime fitness called Surrender and
it kicked my butt. I took it because I was told it would really get deep into
my hips, and lower back to open them up from years of not stretching. The class
left me about as sore as Bikram did. My hips and back are sore but I do feel
like this class would help them if I kept going. I think the pain is from
working on all the tension built up within those muscle groups. The class
itself consisted of more repetition of the same poses that some other classes
and we held the stretch much longer and deeper than I usually do. I feel like
the two classes I’ve done at lifetime are much more commercialized. They do still
use Sanskrit but only on occasion. Usually it’s Americanized (i.e. calling
movements downward dog and stuff). I don’t really mind them not using Sanskrit but
a true yogi might.
I did an early morning wake up class and just like the last few I did I really enjoyed them. We did an Ashtanga style vinyasa class. It was nothing too intense, just a bunch of sun salutation to wake up the mind and body. I like this because it isn’t taxing on the central nervous system like other forms of exercise can be. It’s perfect to start the day because it gets your muscles lose and moving, which is always good before a day of work or sitting at a desk at school. I’ve noticed from doing yoga that my lower back has loosened up a lot and I think it’s from these morning sun salutations I’ve been doing throughout the semester. Another thing I’ve noticed from doing morning yoga is that I drink more water throughout my day. Because of the early morning class I become thirsty earlier on in the day and it makes me end up taking in more water than usual which is always a good thing.
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