Memorandum Monday - February 1st

Let's find out what is new with Sian & others at : http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.ca/

This week what was new to me, was Restorative Yoga or what the instructor called,  Wall Yoga.  Very different from my previous yoga experiences.
 

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I have taken several 10 week yoga sessions in the past & I cannot remember enjoying all of the sessions very much for a couple of different reasons.  The biggest reason was location.  Classes held at the community hall, had a hard wood floor & it was often sticky dirty on our Monday morning class from the Saturday night wedding receptions. I tried another location but they had a daycare centre located within the building, which the entire class found too noisy.  Then I found Kathy's classes, she is one instructor that I really felt engaged with but after her 10 week session she stopped leading classes as she moved to a full time office position. Her replacement instructor just did not engage me enough to continue. I gave up yoga.  I keep hoping for a clone of Paper Turtle's  Deb

Recently posted on the library community board was information about a new type of yoga - a workshop (one introduction session) on a carpeted yoga studio floor, so coupled with my hot pink yoga mat, comfort & quiet could be found.   This instructor, assessed everyone & pronounced me to have a lot of tension in my hips.  No surprise for me.  I was introduced to several new yoga poses, many of them made use of the wall; you lay on your back, obviously, (said in my best Prof. Snape voice) with your bum as close to the wall as possible, your feet straight up the wall.  I had a hard time getting my bum right against the wall/floor, but once settled, we were lead  through 3 (maybe 4) poses.  Doing these wall poses nightly just before bed would/will help with disruptive sleep patterns (oh please let this be so).  My favourite pose was a non wall pose, called The Pigeon.  You start in Child's pose with an aid of a rolled towel under your chest/tummy & then you stretch out one leg  behind you rather than remaining curled under you. This is held for several minutes, then you switch legs .  In this pose I felt I could really "let go" the tightness in my back & hips.   Wall poses are going to take me some time to perfect.

This book was used as reference.

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I have since borrowed the reference book from the library &  have started a  new  pre-bed routine of the poses I found relaxing.  Since I can have the book for 3 weeks, I am hoping  this new routine takes hold, & I will not require the renewal of the book, I hope to know these poses by heart or that a new restorative yoga class will begin its 10 week debut sessions at the quiet, carpeted yoga studio.

Deb  any chance we can get you to move to our little community?