date: 11/15
time: 9:00 & 6:30
instructor: Annie & Steevee
style: Flow & Yin

I went to two classes today! On the down side, neither of them were the style I was really hoping for - I wanted a work out and I got a lot of relaxation and breathing. On the up side I got to experience a one-on-one class by pure circumstance, which really highlighted the impact of a classroom setting for yoga. While it was nice having an attentive teacher and doing a one-on-one practice, I think I prefer a group class which really surprised me because I really thought myself to be impartial to the community aspect of yoga. The meditative aspects of yoga were also highlighted in both of my practices, bringing to light different things in each. My morning class ended with a really nice savasana, where I very clearly felt the meditation and the calming. Contrarily at night Steevee led us through a loving kindness meditation that I simply could not focus on. In neither physical practice was I particularly focused either. I think yoga is an excellent way to get tune into ones body in a meditative way, but I think the practitioner has to actively make it a meditation. Because I was looking for a work out, not a meditation, I got less out of my practices than I could have.