Bikram Yoga
The whole house buying thing has been stressful, so I've been trying to find ways to work that stress off through exercise. Plus, the cruise to Bermuda was not nice on my waistline.
Earlier this week there was a Groupon for a local Bikram Yoga studio. I've done hot Vinyasa / Flow yoga in the past and I loved it, so I decided to try the Bikram style. It was a lot harder than I remember hot yoga being. Mostly I think because I'm not as fit, and I'm fatter than I used to be. There was less flow between the poses, which was both good and bad, but I think the poses were of equal difficulty and the heat & humidity were similar to Vinyasa. I may have puked up all the water I drank during class in the locker room afterward. Gross. Next class I'm definitely going to be better about hydration before class.
I'm going to stick with yoga for 20 classes. I have 19 more to go before the end of August, which means about 2X a week max, and if I go more, I'll be done with my Groupon faster.
I'm definitely feeling the side benefits of feeling calmer. I'm usually really frantic, about everything in life. It's like playing a video game for the first time, over eager and with clumsy movements. Only my life is like that all the time, no matter how often I do something or practice at it. My brain is just frantic. Yoga calms my brain for some reason. I feel as if even my thoughts are more focused and less random. Hopefully this calmness will also help me with piano playing.
Earlier this week there was a Groupon for a local Bikram Yoga studio. I've done hot Vinyasa / Flow yoga in the past and I loved it, so I decided to try the Bikram style. It was a lot harder than I remember hot yoga being. Mostly I think because I'm not as fit, and I'm fatter than I used to be. There was less flow between the poses, which was both good and bad, but I think the poses were of equal difficulty and the heat & humidity were similar to Vinyasa. I may have puked up all the water I drank during class in the locker room afterward. Gross. Next class I'm definitely going to be better about hydration before class.
I'm going to stick with yoga for 20 classes. I have 19 more to go before the end of August, which means about 2X a week max, and if I go more, I'll be done with my Groupon faster.
I'm definitely feeling the side benefits of feeling calmer. I'm usually really frantic, about everything in life. It's like playing a video game for the first time, over eager and with clumsy movements. Only my life is like that all the time, no matter how often I do something or practice at it. My brain is just frantic. Yoga calms my brain for some reason. I feel as if even my thoughts are more focused and less random. Hopefully this calmness will also help me with piano playing.
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