The Yoga class I thought would kill me!
By Pink Panther on Mar 26, 2009 with Comments 8
I went to my first Yoga class about a month ago. One of the reasons I started Yoga was because my mum has been doing it for quite some time and looks fabulous.
My first experience at Yoga was not at all what I thought it would be.
I thought that because I run and work out a bit that I would find it a piece of cake. Well that wasn’t quite the case, as the instructor started the lesson with Mountain pose I thought wow this is easy I can do this, no problem. Until she then told us to do a downward facing dog. Well that did it, I couldn’t believe how hard that was to do! As we went from one position to the next I could feel my legs, arms whole body getting strong.
Then we were asked to do the Warrior pose. Which was okay at first but after the 10th breath, I felt like my arms were going to drop. I was going to put them down, when I looked over to see that my mum still had her arms up. That was it there was no way I was going to drop them until she did or the instructor told us to!
I realize now that it takes practice to get the poses down and that it doesn’t matter what age you are, you can do it. I now have caught the Yoga bug - just like my mum 
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i’ve been dieing to try yoga for some time now. This post just makes me want to try it that much more!
i do Yoga at leat three times a week. It helps me calm down my mind and ease away stress.
i am currently enrolled in a Yoga class. the health benefits of Yoga on myself is great. I am more relaxed and i can sleep well at night.
I have been yoga phobic my whole life (well, I did do some in college, a thousand years ago) and feel like it is one thing I need to check out. I’m scared though and have NO ILLUSIONS that it will be easy in any way!
Yes, do try it! You can go at your own speed. The instuctor shows you how to modify a pose. You will feel awesome after! Would love to hear from you after you have tried it!
Hey Susan,
Great article…glad to hear you’re getting into the yoga scene! I love it too and need to make more time for it.
Rebecca
Cool website! I love the names!
My mom does yoga too!