As the title summates, tonight I went to a yoga class that RIT offers and it was excellent.
When I discovered last week that this quarter was going to be “easy,” I was excited. More free time for projects, more time to relax, more time to do what I want to do, because usually what I’m doing IS the right thing to do be doing. Once this weekend hit however, I just hit a wall and couldn’t focus at all. I’m very much a swing person, back and forth between periods of high productivity and focus to periods of complete lethargy and non-activity. This weekend was a big on the lazy side and I hated it. Once I got to the gym on Sunday morning, it set me back in motion and then I sent out like 7 resumes in the afternoon and got most of my work done! In that time while I was at the gym, I realized that the gym is where I get my focus and center. I enjoy burning off energy because I have so much. It’s part of my life and I can’t change that anymore.
Once I was back from the gym, I looked around and then signed up for the next Yoga class that was still available. I’ve done yoga, pilates, mixed cardio, and focused training classes before, but yoga has something simple and peaceful about it. The best class I’ve taken was in completely darkness and just had Enya playing in the background. Not what people would expect for me, but I love it none-the-less. It gives me time to focus and relax. I push my body hard and doing a focused stretching session is excellent for my muscles as well.
I went tonight and it was great. I ran afterwards and felt great doing that. I’m home now, tired and loose. Yoga is definitely worth the time.