I'm not as bendy as I thought.

In addition to performing a 5 day exercise plan each week (made for me by the wonderful Alicia Gifford, trainer and entrepreneur extraordinaire), I've made a resolution to practice yoga at least once a week. Why? Eh, I thought it would be good for my general stretchiness, and my core strength.

I consider myself to be fairly above average in the stretchy/bendy sector (as compared to the general population), so I thought that yoga wouldn't be too tough, right? WRONG. But I'll get back to the beginning.

One of my best friends here in Indy (Meghan H.) and I tried a yoga class this summer at this sweet little spot downtown called Invoke Studio. From my experience this summer, I found it to be very professional (a high priority for me), very clean (also a high priority), and very cool (I'm not cool, but maybe someday I could be?).

See how cool it is?

Anyway. I've had that little studio in the back of my mind since this summer. I thought, "with a little bit of practice I'll be doing headstands in no time if I make this a regular thing."

Ummmm.

I attended the "Vinyasa Yoga (Basics)" class tonight from 7-8:30 pm. Please note, beginner. I'm all like, "ok, I can touch the ground with my palms when I'm stretching, and this is a beginner class, so I'm all good, right?" For the most part, I did ok. I was very wobbly and very achy in parts of me I didn't know had feelings, but I didn't fall. Not once. I think that's the important part.

I happened to look next to me during one pose (I'm sure I'll learn the name of it later) where we were laying flat on our backs trying to stretch one leg out to the side, and the girl next to me had her freaking foot up by her ear. That can be quite demoralizing to someone whose leg is trembling from trying to hold it in an extended position in the general direction of "off to the side," not that the aforementioned person was me or anything. I'm glad I didn't go to an advanced class. I'm sure they're all like:

Obviously, I have work to do.

I fully anticipate to be sore tomorrow, HOWEVER, I left class tonight feeling invigorated and relaxed, almost how I feel after a good massage. I'm really excited about becoming a baby yogi!