Miscellaneous Notes: Conversation with the body, I ended up crying in yoga class

A new little hot yoga studio recently opened near my house

All lessons for the first week are free. I was so excited to book a free class for Friday. This hot yoga classroom is small, on the second floor of a cafe, with only one classroom, one shower/toilet, and two changing rooms.

The sister at the counter was very warm and friendly. When I entered the classroom, the whole room was painted black. Along the wall were candles that were shining brightly. On the wall beside each candle, there was a small hook for students to hang on. mask.

With the peaceful music, I found a spot by the wall to spread out the yoga mat and sat down, feeling the temperature and humidity of the whole room. Then, teacher Sean, a beautiful woman, entered the classroom and briefly introduced the way of the course to everyone, and started the flow of yoga movements.

This is my first time doing yoga in a dark, mirrorless classroom

But I quickly fell in love with it. Around you, you won't be able to see what the people around you are doing. You just need to focus on the teacher's guidance, as well as your body, your breathing, and your body movements.

Teacher Sean's voice is very clear, and he will encourage everyone from time to time and praise everyone's actions. Although many of the new moves are a little unfamiliar on the first move, you can always find your own pace on the second and third.

What is very important here is that your pace does not necessarily follow the speed of the teacher or the classmates around you, but after familiarizing yourself with this set of flowing movements, you can go according to your physical condition, muscle stretch, and mood. perform an action. My heart and my body are enjoying this flow. I haven't felt the movement, the connection with my body and mind for a long time.

For a long time, it was exercise for exercise's sake

Sometimes I do exercise because of the mentality of "doing exercise will make you healthy", "you can't just sit still", and "you will get fat", so I set aside time to exercise. It's not a bad thing, after all, it's not that I don't like sports, and I'll be in a good mood after exercising. But that's all.

My memory of yoga is that I started working after graduation in Taipei, and my health was getting worse. My mother asked me to sign up for a yoga class at the Community Activity Center. Although the teacher is very experienced, the classroom is spacious and comfortable, and there is a large mirror that allows the students to see their own movements, and also allows the teacher to see the progress of the students. But I just don't get along with the teacher. I even disliked that teacher a little later (mainly because she had a slightly different attitude towards students). After taking that class, I did not sign up again.

Later, I also took a yoga class in the gym, which was also a good experience, but in general, I still exercise for the sake of exercise.

Last stretch, I'm on the yoga mat, in tears

The class on this day is called Karma Yoga. (Because I am not familiar with the style of yoga and the name of the action, I don’t know the difference between the name and content of each class), I don’t know if it is the voice guidance of Teacher Sean, or a teacher. The series of yoga movements made my whole body and mind feel warm and alive. There is a kind of relaxation and excitement, full of strength, but at the same time venting all the inner pressure and grievances.

When I was lying on the yoga mat, my eyes suddenly became wet, and I felt so fragile, so hard working, and so fond of myself.

Thinking of the stage class in college, the teacher asked everyone to lie on the floor of the stage, feel the connection between their body and the ground, relax the lower abdomen, stretch out the right hand, and feel the height difference between the two hands and the gravitational force with the ground.

Together, there is a fall. One life, one death.

In this yoga experience, I finally did not exercise for the sake of exercising, not to become beautiful or thin, not to please others, but to perceive myself and the union with my body and mind.

It was me. I am here. Thinking of this brings tears to my eyes.

This hot yoga experience made me feel that I am not here to exercise, but to do a spiritual spa. Enjoy being in a flowing motion, enjoying the sweat coming out of your body.

At the same time, I also felt that a yoga teacher is really important, and it also depends on personal feelings. Later, I took several classes with different teachers, and I still like the voice and guidance of Mr. Sean the most.

If you have the opportunity in the future, you can also try hot yoga!

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