Oh, it hurts so good.

[saffronhare]

Just got in to work from the yoga class I convinced my doctor to prescribe for me. Wow. I'm terribly impressed. See, although I appreciate the many health benefits of yoga, I've been a little scornful of it as a form of exercise. This particular form wrings my ass out.

After the two-hour class, I'm drenched with sweat, exhausted and so very happy. Didn't have time to do much more than take a "marine shower" and change my shirt before I had to be back in the office, but hey -- that's a price I'm willing to pay every three weeks or so. (I can only sacrifice a 1/2 day out of the office so often; the onus is on me to continue daily work at home and let the classes be a check-in.)

Hopefully, it will begin to pay off in fewer headaches, general resiliency, better stress processing and a revitalized immune system. There are likely to be other benefits in terms of strength and flexibility, but those aren't the primary goals for the moment.

Later.

Comments

showering

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where I first heard the term, but this method involves spraying deodorant into the air and turning in circles underneath it.

Power Yoga DVDs? I've got some yoga DVDs, but they're all the "static pose" kind, which doesn't do so much for my heart rate.

Re: showering

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

The YogaZone DVDs I got off Ebay are various poses set together to a theme. In flexibility & stress relief, you go through two dozen or so asanas which target the opening of chakras and allowing your joints to relax. At one point when I end up flat on my back, it is jiffypop time as every vertebre snaps and crackles.

The Power Yoga is still movement from pose to pose, but instead of concentrating on relaxing the body, it tends to use more strength-building asanas.

I think I have 5-6 DVDs in all, but lost my yoga space to bookcases. I want a huge living room again, wah!!

As far as the Marine shower, that sounds pretty funny. I don't think I ever used that though.