30 Goals: Hot Yoga

-
This happens to be the first item on my list but I have not done these in any order. This just happened to be the first one I fully completed.

I decided to sign up for a hot yoga class the night before Thanksgiving so I could feel less guilty about the amount of food I was going to consume on Thursday. Well, when I first got there, the whole classroom was only lit by strung lights and a couple of candles. It smelled really good too surprisingly-not too overwhelming either. The point was to help everyone focus on doing yoga for themselves and to not be self-conscious about it. 
The class was challenging and I did enjoy it. However, had both positives and negatives to say about it:

Positives:
Loved being able to workout in semi-darkness and not worry as much about the people around me. 
It never smelled like sweat. I think the mat covers were scented with something and the whole ventilation seemed to have some kind of diffuser spray to mask any smell of sweat and body odor. 
They gave out a frozen towel at the end of class.
I was fully thawed from cold outside temperatures.

Negatives:
I was a bit dehydrated and possibly a little hungry, which ended up making me a bit lightheaded. 
Every time I attend a yoga class, the teacher seems to go very quickly between poses. Sure, maybe that’s how it’s supposed to go, but I enjoy being able to find a pose and try to hold it-so I can work on strength, balance, and breathing. However, it is also a fitness class, so there is that aspect to it… just not my favorite. 


Would I do it again? Probably. Especially after spending another month in subfreezing temperatures. It’s like being in a sauna for an hour and just getting all the sweat out. Sometimes I forget what it feels like to sweat-like sweat all over to where you can feel it dripping on your body, because I don’t do intense workouts that frequently. And I actually enjoy it. As much as it may suck in the moment, my body gets a huge high from it and I feel really good afterward. Well, a few hours later at least. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

4 of 7...sidetracked...

-
I had this great new idea today!  What if I painted/drew my own Christmas cards?!  I may just be adding to my pile of work, but I think I want to give it a shot.  So in the spirit of the 12 days of Christmas, I will paint 12 Christmas cards! Again, this will be first come, first serve!
Read more

"Why I'm Dysfunctional Today"

-
Things I've learned about being in the "real world" so far/or what I have experienced while still living with my parents:    Since I now schedule my own work time...                I like to get projects done one at a time before moving onto another one,         which then results in me undertaking this huge project, and working on that-which is usually not that important-not getting anything else done all day, and then wearing myself out because I feel like I didn't do anything (since I haven't finished the project).          That being said, I think all projects I have will take 1-3 days tops.  Not even close.         So then I tried to move on to scheduling my days about hour by hour, or 2-3 hours at a time.  This result?  Spending way too much free time on the computer and talking to friends, or not accounting for travel and eating time....
Read more

Extended Thank You

-
Some of you may know already, but for the past 11-12 weeks, I have been reading "The Artist's Way-Walking in This World" by Julia Cameron.  And I have already learned a great deal about myself, my art self, and fueling my creativity.   So for this post, I am extending on one of the "tasks," as well as sharing a tidbit of what I read.  "As artist's, we routinely tap an inner well, and the well is fed by our spiritual condition.  When we have kept our spirit carefully nurtured, the creative water seems to flow easily.  When our spirit is dried out with unacknowledged discouragement, our inner well runs dry."  "As artists, we don't want to be petty, but the truth is, we need  to be.  If we try to 'let go of' a creative slight, we very often simply bury it.  There, tucked neatly into our subconscious, it can do its slow and poisonous work.  Too embarrassed to repeat the 'tiny' comment to a friend on the way out the door fr...
Read more