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Yoga Week 5

This week I practiced Iyengar yoga in class. The instructor’s name was Amita Baghat and it lasted for over an hour. This was a nice practice because it was not too challenging, but we did do some fun poses. I enjoyed how the instructor taught us as she led the yoga practice. She would pause to teach about Iyengar yoga and to show us how to get into poses. It was only difficult for her to show us the full pose because the camera could not capture either the top or bottom of her body, but she did move most of the time for us to see her full body from different angles. 

Practice spaces do build a sense of community within all of the yogis in the class. Even though online yoga classes I still feel connected because we are all doing the same thing together. Always when someone asks a question or says they are having trouble doing a certain pose I can relate. Having a relationship with your class is important even if it is just knowing everyone is supportive. It is much harder to have a relationship with your class online, but since everyone is going through the same thing by being online it still builds a sense of community.


A community is a group of people with a common interest or goal. This fits very well within the yoga community because most of the people are interested in yoga, have the same feelings towards yoga, and sometimes even the same beliefs. Its purpose in the studio is to bring everyone together to perform the practice and connect to their higher selves. I feel as if I am becoming part of this community the more I do yoga. I understand and appreciate yoga more and more especially since we have to do a practice at least once a week.

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