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Yoga Week 1

For my first week of yoga I decided to take a youtube class at home. I found a youtube channel called YogiAproved.com. It had 193,000 subscribers so I decided it was a good channel to try. They have many different types of videos for all levels of yoga. I chose the video called “gentle yoga flow 30-minutes all levels yoga class.” I have done yoga quite a few times in the past, but it has been a few months since I have taken a class and I have not been very active so I did not want to push my limits on my first class. 


I took the class Friday evening after my internship. I laid out my yoga mat in my room which I consider to be a very relaxing place. I have many plants and I turned on my essential oil diffuser and put in lavender essential oil to try to make it feel more like a peaceful yoga studio. I have been looking forward to this all week, but I was honestly very tired from work so I couldn’t wait to be finished with it. The instructor made the video background minimalist with only 2 plants and a big bowl. This was very pleasing to the eyes and made it nice to look at. She also had a very soothing, calm tone the entire video which was nice because it made understanding her easy and relaxing even easier. At first I was listening to her the whole time, but then I found myself thinking about my day and things on my to do list while just following her movements. Everytime I caught myself not thinking about yoga I would try to bring my focus back on the video. 


Taking this class was one of the best parts of my day. I was tired from being at my internship all day, but it made me feel so much more relaxed and not as stiff from sitting at a desk all day. I could not really clear my mind because I have so much to do for school, clubs, etc. Overall I really enjoyed the class, it was not too easy and not too hard. It was a little weird taking a class off of a youtube video because I would have to keep looking up at my laptop to make sure I was doing the right things since there was no instructor to let me know if I needed to adjust something. I did like how I could do it in my own room and did not have to travel anywhere. Being in my room made the whole experience more comfortable, but I wasn’t in a new place where I could focus only on yoga. I would rate this yoga experience 3 stars out of 5.


Yoga Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13nVd7OLYs 

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  1. Laurie GreeneSeptember 19, 2020 at 3:54 AM

    Great entry. Your continued comparison with online versus in person delivery will be useful this term. I am always amused at how classes are getting shorter and shorter. A typical class used to be 90 minutes to two hours. Now its 50 minutes or less. I wonder why?

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