The title is from a comedy show that was aired on television before I was born but was re-runned on the old cable and I grew to love it. Anyway, I just got back from my first yoga class (with people in it) in over 3 years. I’m sipping on my water and I just cleaned down my new Manduka Prolite with a distilled water and green tea oil mix.
I’m blissed out.
I met the sub-instructor Kathy and she was very open and welcoming. After a few titters about the weather (as we all have in NL right now) we went in and I got all fixed up for my 10 session pass with Bobby, one of Shakti Yoga Centre’s owners.
The class opened with breathing exercises (called pranayama) then Kathy began to open the class by a chant of 3 ohms. Beautiful. From that very moment I felt at home. I was one with the moment and the voices of both the instructor and students rang out into the universe filled with compassion.
-side note: if you’ve never done yoga or meditation using ohms just open your mind and try it. I garuntee you’ll feel silly at first but if you allow yourself to experience the sound then you will get an idea of what I’m talking about.
We built upward to mountain pose, into a series of energy creating planks, dogs, and mountains. Then we simplified by stretching and lengthening outward into various forms of warrior. Upon cooling down, we revered back into a comforting series of planks and backward bends from the floor. Eventually, we made our way back to pigeon and the breath. Savansana (or Corpse pose) brought us back to pranayama techniques where Kathy walked gently around to everyone and stretched the shoulders. We then made our way up to siting position and closed the class with 3 ohms.
Sending gratitude is a big thing in yoga. In home practice, I’ve often forgotten about it. But now that I have just finished my first class in awhile. I realize that gratitude both before you begin your practice and after creates the right mind necessary to appreciate your practice.
So until next class…
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