Practice Response 1

Yesterday was my first official day of Yoga. Ever. Never having taken a class before, I was nervous. I am inflexible and was not confident in my ability to do any poses. I also have a bad back (but, more on that in my reading response post). Needless to say, I was a little wary. I was pleasantly surprised to leave class feeling successful. The poses were hard, and my form was rough, to say the least, but at least I did it. I finished my first day. I liked that even just after repeating the poses a few times, my body loosened up and I could stretch farther than the first attempt.

One interesting thing I noticed was about my toes. Now, I have noticed this before, but never really thought about it. I can stretch the toes of my left foot apart, making space between each toe. However, my right toes just do not seem to be connected to my brain the way my left toes are. They simply do not want to cooperate. No matter how hard I tried on Tuesday, they would not budge. Like I said though, I have noticed this many times in my life. I am interested to see if by the end of this class my toes begin listen to my brain and move when I tell them to.