Feb 05 2008
Yoga 101
10 things I learned in my yoga class, by Becky
1. Yoga has a language all its own, and I don’t understand a word of it
2. Middle-aged men with fake red hair and bellies can teach yoga class
3. I can wrap my arms around both my legs and behind my back and clasp my fingers
4. I like the tree pose
5. I do not like the chair sit pose
6. A person who does yoga is called a yogi (correction, I just checked Wikipedia…a yogi is a man who does yoga, a yogini is the female origin of a practicing male yogi)
7. I shouldn’t wear such form fitting clothes to yoga class, we do a lot of bending and looking at our midsection
8. Sitting on the ground and twisting is a good way to clear out the intestines (that’s what he told us in class)
9. One hour and 45 minutes is too long for a yoga class, the last 15 minutes of laying on the floor with the lights off and the flute playing are not relaxing because you’re thinking, “how much longer are we going to do this?”
10. Yoga is pretty fun stuff
P.S. My friend Maria from way back (since 1st grade) just started a blog and she’s having another baby. Two pieces of good news. Welcome to the blogging world, Maria!
