21 Day Yoga Challenge: Day 8
Yoga Challenge
(c)Melanie Parish, 2013
I get to the 6:30 am yoga class this morning. I turn in my card to check in and the teacher asks me how it’s going. I said pretty good but I feel like I lie around on my mat a lot. She asks if I have tried the Sweat, Stretch, Unwind class. “Yes, but it was really hard on my knees,” I answer. “Has anyone ever shown you how to make a donut out of a towel? Have I shown you?” she asks. “No, no one has shown me,” I say. She shows me how to wrap my towel around to make a donut for my knees. This is a real game changer for me today. By using my donut, I am able to make it through all the poses and I get a great workout. I feel so proud that I am now doing the whole class. I tell the teacher after the class and she congratulates me. It is nice to share my accomplishment with someone. Yoga is not very chatty. It is a silent practice and I really don’t talk to anyone.
I am sore after class and I am really aware of all my muscles all day, but I have a spring in my step and a sense of pride that I have done it. I did my first whole yoga class. I am starting to really love it.
