March 30, 2015
There was snow on the ground last week, and now we're expected to have 60 degree weather tomorrow. I thought we were going to skip spring over here and go straight to summer. I don't know if I would rather have that or deal with this Midwest inconsistency. I just want to golf already! Either way, hopefully I'm not saying this too soon: happy spring!
My yoga instructor is leaving for two months to Asia to earn his 500 hours. I don't know what I am going to do without him! My friend and I have been going to his classes specifically since December or so. He has been our favorite instructor. For his "last" class, he offered an inversions workshop. I'm not very good with these poses since I always feel a head rush, but I wanted the challenge and get used to the comfortableness of most of them. Even though we always get the chance for inversions before we finish our practice during normal class, it was nice to get more hands on help, especially with head stands.
At first, I was hesitant to try head stands, but I was able to do it with help and only hurt my neck on the second attempt. Before the end of the workshop, he wanted us to give any inversion one last try before ending, so I attempted a head stand again. And, with a little bit of his help, I was able to be on my head by myself! I feel so accomplished! I again achieved something new that I was actually attempting for the first time. (Well, I kind of tried before, but I only got as far as resting my head on my blanket.)
Even though I spend every day at the gym, I definitely feel like it's been worth it. I can't say I'm great at yoga, but I've been improving my strength in the gym, and in turn I get better with the poses and endurance within my practice, My goal isn't to do all poses and never need assistance. I want to provide myself a safe practice for my body and mind. I also want to be able to use yoga as a stress and anxiety reliever. Yoga is very personal, and everyone practices for his or her own reasons.
Sometimes I get upset I spend money on the classes. It's not cheap. I could be doing this in my basement with videos for little to nothing, but I wouldn't get the hands on assistance and calming vibe that I get at the studio. The money spent has been worth it. Not only have I continued a friendship with yoga, but I've also been building one with the instructors and other yogis, which is great. Hopefully, some single guy comes to a class in the near future, and we'll hit it off. I don't know what the odds of that are, but who knows!