Today was my official last day of classes! What better way to end my college academic career than with presentations in the class “The Science of Happiness”. A happy bonus, the professor gave us extra credit for attending the last day of class. Happiness indeed!
YOGA CHALLENGE— Day Three
after finding out that a bunch of my co-workers aka my best friends would not be coming back to work this summer, my yoga class was much needed to calm me down from the mini freak out I was having. (buying new gym sneakers also helped calm me down….. I am a strong believe in retail therapy…. but yoga has more lasting benefits!)
I decided to try out Yoga Vida’s “Basic” class today out of curiosity. While I am not a totally clueless yogi, I am still new to practicing, know there are some fundamentals I could get stronger at with my poses, and wanted something a little less intense on my right arm. Before school this morning I had sweated it out hardcore in zumba and conditioning and knew my body would thank me for something a little bit more gentle.
The class was perfect, it wasn’t significantly different than the typical Yoga Vida class, but it was nice to have less students and more individualized attention. We even got adjustments during shavasana- a first for me at yoga vida. ahhh bliss.
The instructor, who I had never taken a class with, was really great about helping me make adjustments for my injury. I was happy that the class wasn’t too slow or watered down, it was still a fabulous stretch. I was shocked how quickly time flew by in this class. Back in the days of hating yoga, I felt like classes dragged on. I would constantly look at my watch counting down the minutes. This particular class was one of those “wait, we are already lying down? how can that be! that was too short!” kind of classes, which means it was an awesome class. I felt super focused on the yoga, not on all the other drama and sadness about summer.
what more can I ask for in life than a group of friends who would learn ridiculously cheesy dances choreographed by yours truly… on my best friend’s drive way AND willingly perform these cheesy dances in front of the whole camp the next day?
my beautiful friends, rocking our “burnt cinnamon” colored staff shirts.
These changes have definitely caught me off guard, and it’s a lot to think about along side the whole “ah I’m graduating college, life will never be the same” freakouts swirling around in my mind.
guess I just have to keep adjusting.
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