Yoga Overdose?

Heh heh… today I went for 2 classes back to back! One of my yoga buddies suggested to that it is really good to go for one lighter class first followed by a tougher class. Since the lighter class will warm you up for the tougher class.

So I thought I give it a try!

The first class I went was a Hatha 1 class ( a hatha yoga class for beginners ) by Bo ( my favourite teacher teaching Anusara yoga). It was great. It gives me time and space to explore each basic pose again. Since it was a beginner’s class, it tends to be slower and hence I have more time to “feel” the pose. Plus I get to go into the pose following more of Bo’s instructions of all the spiralling of the leg muscles and hugging to the center, opening of chest ( I admit, last time I do not really know what he meant but now I think I am getting the gist and it is helping me a lot! )

There was this guy beside me. He was fat, really fat but I applaud him for taking action to do yoga! I mean it shows that he cares about his body enough to come for yoga class. This is the spirit that everyone should have. Health is important!

I really hope that he will stick on to yoga and come regularly and I can guarantee (cross my heart too!) that he will lose weight and slim down and feel great about himself, and love his body more by taking good care of it. I have seen several real cases of unhealthy, fat people that has changed their lives around before of yoga. Yoga, amazing!

After this class, me and my yoga buddy rush over to the other class, Hatha 2 class ( starts exactly the same time as this hatha 1 class ended! ). We made it just in time for the pranayama session in the beginning of class. As usual, HeeBoon’s class ( this is also another one of my favorite teacher, in fact I fell in love with yoga because of the yoga flow that he teaches… inspiring and TOUGH.. haha ) was tough as usual with all his 3-legged down dogs ( the chaturungas, up dogs then back to chaturangas and then lift a leg up before going back with the leg up into the 3 legged down dog ), but this time with focus on arm balances.

How did I feel during the second class? I was surprised that I did not feel tired at all! In fact, the feeling was different. More energised and more open.

I have heard from yoga teachers that having more than 1 class is not very good for you, especially if it is power yoga or ashtanga yoga. I think it means that not more than one tough class per day. I think a hatha 1 class or a yin yoga class followed by any power or ashtanga class will be ideal.

I think I have a new schedule to follow! hehe…
OM~

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