So instead of my usual workout, today I tried yoga for the very first time. I have always been a bit resistant to yoga as a form of exercise because I am more accustomed to cardio. But I went into it with an open mind and I was suprised by how much I actually enjoyed it. I could really see how yoga can aid people in their day to day lives with the exercises in breathing and relaxation. I found that I was stretching things that I didn't even know I could stretch, like my feet muscles - I have been an active person for a long time but I don't recall ever having felt the arches of my feet being stretched and exercised. I thought that was areally cool feeling, it's quite a strange thing to feel a part of your same old body do something totally new. Luckily it was a class specifically for beginners because I think it would have been very difficult to follow along in a more experienced class. I was also really impressed with the instructor, this woman was in phenomenal shape. Watching the grace that she displayed in the movements was amazing - she did these hops from one pose to another that were so silent it was almost eerie! So that's my goal in yoga, I want to do eerily silent hops... well I will probably aim for more than that, but I really liked the hops! Thus far my favourite poses are the warrior poses, it's neat to see how far you can stretch out and how each time we did it I felt that I could stretch out a little bit further. After completing the class I really felt a difference, I genuinely felt incredibly relaxed and renewed. So it looks as though I have fallen into the yoga trend and I am pretty happy about that, I'll be back again next week!
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