Went to my first Bikram yoga class tonight.
The instructor was this adorable twenty-ish blonde who met with me before the class to ask me about my limitations and teach me the beginning breathing.
“It’s a little awkward the first few times you do it,” she explained and then proceeded to do this move and make these noises that I’m not ashamed to admit frightened me a little.
So I stood there watching her with a smile plastered on my face thinking, if that’s what I need to do to get a tush that looks like yours, I’m in.
Does that make me shallow?
After the class started, I got to be pretty confident in my balancing and contorting abilities and was amazed at how flexible I was. Then we hit the halfway point, and I noticed my clothes were a little damp. Actually, they were a lot damp. And I went to grab my foot during the tree pose and my hand slipped off. Hmm…
We finished the standing poses, and I’d never heard sweeter words than, “Okay, now lie on your back.” This turned out to be my favorite pose of the night.
As I'm lying there, I wiped my face with my shirt and looked over at the man on my left who had taken off his. And for the first time in my life, I actually wished I were a man.
I turned my head and looked over to the woman on my right, whose diamond ring almost took my eye out during one of the sweeping movements we were doing with our arms, and she said, “You’re doing so well. The only way I could tell you’re a beginner is that you wore too much clothing.”
I laughed and said, “Well, next time I’ll be the one who walks in naked.”
Then the cute little instructor walked by and gave us look, so we stopped our giggling and concentrated on twisting our bodies into yet another pose.
After an hour-and-a-half, we all mopped up the floor with our towels and trudged out of there looking like we’d hiked through the jungle.
My favorite quote of the night was, “Forehead to the knee is where the magic starts.”
I absolutely loved it. I'm totally going back. Not naked, though! Just a little less fully clothed.
Monday, May 18, 2009
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O.M.G. I am totally in awe of you, girl!! I could never do Bikram, I have a horrible heat intolerance ... I would HAVE to be the naked one, and even then they'd have to carry me out on a stretcher after 20 minutes lol.
Ooh that sounds like fun. SO what's the deal? Is the room just really hot or is it the workout?
Chaos, you could totally do it. You like those summertime rains, remember? Just think of it as a really intense one.
Christine, hon, the room is super heated. You just do these poses in a room that's like a sauna. I lost five pounds of water weight in that class. No joke.
I dunno, I know a couple people that do Bikram, and from their descriptions, I'd be dead lol .. I get the sauna effect from going to my daughter's swim lessons -- it's like sitting on the surface of the sun. A really, really humid sun. lol
I do like yoga though, and Tai Chi, it's so relaxing :)
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