Thursday, June 9, 2011

Hot Yoga and The Holy Land

For over 6 months, my friend, Krysta, has been pestering me to go with her to hot yoga and Monday I finally caved in and went with her. The Yoga Place has a first time trial of a week unlimited yoga for 20 bucks so I figured why not? The worst that would happen is that I wouldn't like it and I would sweat a lot. To start the week, we went to the noon class that was after my Kung Fu morning class so that any muscle tightness could be worked out at yoga. Also the class we went to was a 60 minute slower class, good for beginners like me. I was warned that the room would be hot and humid and that I would sweat buckets. That's an understatement and considering that I don't like the heat, I'm pretty amazed at myself for lasting the whole class. However I must say that I felt pretty relaxed coming out of class so much in fact that a nap was right up my alley.

The next day three words come to mind: "Holy Release Batman!!" Release in both the physical and mental capacities, something I needed considering that I have decades of tension in my shoulders. Wow. I'm starting to see how hot yoga can supplement my Kung Fu training as well as my chiropractic adjustments. Considering I have a week pass, might as well try a couple more classes and so I did with the next one being after my Wednesday Kung Fu class.

During my day-after-my-first-class day I was reading a Numerology report that I had done on me. Since it's entertaining and I know some of my numbers I wanted to see if this report would match. A tidbit regarding my Soul Urge number caught my eye regarding that my quest for Spirituality indicates that I need to frequent the Holy Land and mysterious places. I mentioned this to Dennis also adding in that I have no urge whatsoever to visit the Holy Land so that part was out to lunch. Dennis suggested that I wait a second and consider that the Holy Land is MY Holy Land not the traditional Holy Land. Yeah, okay, I can dig it, whatever.

Well Wednesday's hot yoga class was good as I survived, sweat buckets and drank enough water to raise the Titanic. During the last few minutes of our class we lie down on our mats to enjoy and remember the peace we feel right now. The teacher said, "take your time and enjoy as this is your Holy Land." I damned near bolted upright. I think Someone is trying to tell me something.

My third class was a 75 minute class and that too went very well and I must say that I am very much enjoying hot yoga and definitely see the benefits. What have I noticed so far besides the Holy Land? Well the family of knots that lived under my right shoulder blade has been evicted and my shoulders feel relaxed (so that's what it's supposed to feel like), my hips are deciding do let go and I feel great. Yes I definitely will be adding hot yoga to my training to supplement my Kung Fu. Thanks Krysta for being such a nag. Namaste.

Sherri Donohue
Silent River Kung Fu, Stony Plain, Alberta

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