After more than a month of yoga practice, last night I joined a Power Yoga class with Blake at Downtown Yoga Memphis. It was quite rewarding. And hard! I’ve tried almost all of the class types by now at Downtown Yoga Memphis, intentionally leaving Power Yoga as one of the last so I could try…
Category: Yoga
Noticeable Progress in My Yoga Practice!
First, I’ve been getting some thoughtful and helpful feedback about these blog posts from other yoga students — and folks in general — so I wanted to say THANK YOU for every time you take a moment to tell me what you liked and what more you want to read. Second, I attended Classical Hatha…
When Your New Yoga Teacher Asks How You’re Feeling…
I had to tell her the truth. She asked as my three-week anniversary of joining her studio was just days away: “How are you? How does your body feel?” By text message, because, you know, she’s accessible, I let her know: I feel GREAT. With every class, things that I used to have, but neglected…
2 in 1 Yoga – Not this Week!
I had it in my head yesterday that I was going to do two back-to-back yoga classes in one day today. It seems like the perfect thing to do on a Sunday morning. I was going to attend LJ’s 9:30 “Morning Flow” and Rebecca’s 11:15 Yinyasa. The catch is, I am still REALLY new at…
Yoga Week 1 – Igniting the Habit
My first full week of the new yoga journey is now behind me. I attended five classes this past week and I’m asking myself: what took me so long to get into this? Downtown Yoga studio has a variety of classes and instructors to pick from, which, for a short-attention-span person like me, is a necessity….
30+ Joints, 26 Bones
My first yoga class in my new journey was last night at Downtown Yoga in Memphis. Aaaand it’s so different to restart yoga at the age of 38, instead of starting at 25-26 which is approximately the last time I practiced regularly. The body cracks and pops back at you a little more! The yoga…