Tuesday, August 10, 2010

My yogic journey continues

Yoga lessons were starting again at Cobra club. I received an email some weeks back and suddenly decided that I will follow the lessons again. I went there before.. Left during intermediate lessons. Sometime towards the end of the lesson.

It was a Sunday - the day after SHAPE RUN. I had no other plans. I went for the beginners class - 330pm. I saw some familiar faces - asst instructors I knew. We chatted for a while. Her sister was in the same batch as me when i was taking the lessons. Eventually we fell out of touch when she left midway during beginners lesson.

My sir came. I spoke to him and asked if I should continue in the beginners lesson or intermediate class instead? He asked how long ago since I last came for class and suggested I join in the intermediate lesson. I still went through the beginner lesson. A brief introduction to yoga and the health benefits were given by Mr Perumal. What was different this time around?
There were some warm-up exercises for the entire body.
There were more assistant instructors around to assist.
Bigger class with more male participants.

We continued on to about 5-6 sun salutation exercise & corpse pose. By then it was already 5pm. Time for my 2nd class - intermediate.

This back to back session was a real killer for me. I didn't experience any body ache from the run but I did after yoga.

15 rounds of sun salutation back to back incorporating alternate breathing was done. I thought my limbs were going to come apart after this exercise. We continued on with other exercises and poses. We even did head stand! Something I haven't done in more than a year! Class ended at 6:30pm. I felt much better than I did earlier. But the next day was bad. My entire body was aching. Aches I have never experienced before even when i went to the gym for workout. Usually gym workout would cause me ache during the moment but there is no aftermath.

I suppose this is expected... Internal organs which has never been awaken before is suddenly shocked. It feels much better these days..

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