November 3, 2006
Has either of us mentioned that we're taking a yoga class at school? We go twice a week for about an hour and I love it! We started last year with a yoga/pilates class, but we preferred the yoga, so we signed up for Yoga 1, this semester. Susan, our teacher, has all sorts of links on the class site and one of them is to Amazing Yoga, a studio about five long blocks away from our apartment. I discovered this a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to go ever since, but hadn't managed it till this morning.
They practice a kind of power yoga at the studio, which I was looking forward to, but there's an article about the studio that mentions the heat is kept above 80. You'd think this wouldn't faze me, since we've traveled in some hot places, but the only time I've fainted was due to the heat in a hammam in Morocco, so I was little nervous. Well, it turns out the heat wasn't just kept 'above 80' it was actually set at 95. Or at least that's what the gauge on the wall read. I didn't actually pass out, but it was a near thing at one point. I was, however, 'glowing' throughout the entire practice. I have very healthy sweat glands.
I muddled through, though, and actually had a great time. I plan to go back, partly because I really do love yoga, partly because they have a discount for students (30%), and partly because I need to justify the expense of the grip-y towel I bought. I may save $4 a class, but I have to go to 12 classes to make up for the $50 towel so David doesn't laugh at me. Hee.
