The strangest thing has happened to me over the past few months. All of a sudden I'm 100% addicted to yoga. And I can't believe it! After all those years of poking fun, calling it boring, shrugging it off immediately. Somehow the idea of bikram yoga, aka hot yoga (a specific form of Hatha Yoga (worshipful poses)), was becoming more and more appealing to me. I was very nervous the first time I went (who hasn't heard horror stories of people throwing up or passing out their first time in the 112 degree room...) but I made it through the entire class! And I loved it!
To cut a long story short, over the past few months I've become mildly obsessed with bikram yoga. I feel healthier, both physically as well as much more mentally & emotionally stable since I began practicing. It's great because there is never a point when it stops being challenging (not that I'm anywhere near good at it yet! haha) and especially when I'm stressed about work or school or anything, I definitely is like a form of meditation - and never fails to put things in perspective and calm me down.
It's funny to me that as i'm getting older I'm becoming more and more interested in things that I thought were ridiculous when I was younger. But I guess that's how life works.
Check out the Bikram Yoga Downtown LA link on my sidebar. That's where I go. It's a great studio. Very LA, but very practical and plain at the same time. A good combination.
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