The Yogi In Me

If you read my post last year about anaerobic work outs this might be a surprise... 

I finally found my inner yogi!!!! 

One of my best friends and I at the studio, she is the one who talked me into going to yoga.

In my mind there has always been a secret desire to be that cool, lean, yoga chick. You know the one with inner peace that radiates calmness.  Running is and will always be my first and truest love, it's what I'm good at and until just recently the only work out I knew, that could tame my boundless energy.

I had tried yoga in the past, it seemed slow and a little cheesy.  So for years when ever people would talk about yoga I would smile and say "It sounds cool but it's just not for me".

When a good friend invited me to do yoga with her at this new studio down town, I thought, "okay but this is just for you." I went to the class and was surprised to find that the teacher had a upbeat personality and a fun music mix.  It actually blew my mind that I could listen to fun music and do yoga. Not only was the teacher a breath of fresh air, but the yoga it self was more fluid that I had experienced in the past. The style of yoga at Power Yoga, Salt Lake City (the studio I go to) is a Vinyasa Flow/Baptist Style.  You are doing the normal poses but it is more fluid... for me it means my body gets the yoga work out and my restless mind still gets challenged.

The Studio had a 30 day unlimited pass at a discounted rate when I started.  As luck would have it the studio was also doing a 40 day challenge, I thought "might as well go as much as I can and maybe I can complete the challenge."  It was hard, there were days when I was so tired that I would walk into class dreading it, but always by the end of class I was happy I went.

Since finding yoga, I am more at ease with myself and with other people.  When I am stuck in traffic instead of getting bothered, I can laugh at the situation or how the person next to me is over reacting.  Most of all, I love that I am that cute yoga chick aka yogi, I have always dreamed about being.

Hugs,