Tuesday 31 May, 2005

Double yoga

Very good yoga practice today.

I tried a different combination today, with yin class first and then flow. The idea behind it was that I'd do the streching first, and then limber up with flow - and it worked quite well. Yin class was fairly small, and Jason made us hold the positions for very long times - in most cases over five minutes - for some reason my soft tissues have been really stiff lately so this was quite painful.

The flow class was filled up to the last spot, but I felt great after the yin class and was able to concentrate on my practice more than usual. Jason pointed out that in "fashionable" ashtanga cities like Los Angeles and New York it's quite common that in classes the mats are lined up with next to no space between them. I find it weird to think that people would want to practice in that kind of environment, I need at least the room to make airy Surya Namaskars. It must be an entirely different experience.

I also met baby Jack again today, and he was much happier today than last time. He even smiled when I came up - extremely cute! I'm finally coming to the age (or mindset, I guess) where I go all weak in the knees when I see babies.

Posted by kolibri at 31 May 22:51, 2005
Comments
# 1 - rannva (on June 1, 2005 04:51 PM):

Funny you should mention it;
I go to one of those places where the mats are literally a few inches from each other on crowded nights. I do yoga together with close to 150 people (I have to try to count next time)! It gets very hot and sweaty. Some people don't mind it and others are even disgusted at the closeness and sweat. I am used to it since it's the only way I have ever done it. I have gone to much less crowded classes and found myself feeling too much in the middle of it all. It is a really neat experience to do yoga with so many other people, but you have to watch out for those pools of perspiration - especially from the guys!

And it seems yoga teachers everywhere are procreating. My teacher became a parent as well just a few weeks ago!


# 2 - kolibri [TypeKey Profile Page] (on June 1, 2005 08:54 PM):

Jason did also say that one of his most powerful yoga experiences was one of those - in an auditorium in San Fransisco with Pattabhi K. Jois teaching. Room filled to the last square inch, but everyone breathing as one. So I guess it's something I should try out at some point, just seems weird as I'm not used to it!


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