As I sit here at work, finishing off my belgian hazelnut, I contemplate whos thighs were connected to my body in the mirror during the Moksha class I attended over the weekend. Hugeamongous! Anyways, the mirror musta been warped or something due to all that heat in the room....this chocolate tastes good. Took me less than a week to finish..... its hugeamongous.... I said that word already.
So... my review of my first time at Moksha yoga:
After everything was done, I think it was great! I felt relaxed after and slightly energized. I stretched out some muscles easier than I would have in a cold room and toned some other muscles that definately needed toning. I felt like I sweatted out a bunch of toxins, maybe even clearing my zits up abit! 89 degrees F is actually only 32 celcius. Which isnt too bad. It was hard to get used to at first, but once I calmed down and relaxed, it was good, especially for someone like me, who has naturally cold extremities! All in all - definitely worth another try!
And now for the cons:
As I feared....... it stank. Im wondering if it is normally like this or I simply was so worried about this issue that I subconsciously was manifesting a self fulfilling prophesy. You know, like the book, The Secret. The secret of calling all stinky people to hover around me during hot yoga! I understand there is the normal B.O stuff - sweat smells, feet smells, etc. But musty-old- wet- ragg- towel that is used for every hot yoga class that has not been cleaned ever and is placed in a ball in the corner of the room ready to be rolled out again for the next hot yoga class smell, I was not expecting! Really people. Simple personal hygiene, of yourself and of the equipment and things you bring to class. I mean, they talk about respectin the meditation of other students by being all hush hush.... how about my olfactory senses? Im sure they know about aromatherapy dont they?!? Thank goodness the instructor whipped out some eucalyptus cream mid class - it smelled so refreshing! (but it wasnt enough). Well, at least it gives me the idea of bringing some of that cream along for when I go to my next class.
And then there was the instructor herself. I should be a bit more understanding because this was a Moksha economy class, so they allow new instructors to lead these to get more practice. I found her voice not soothing at all. It had the "valley-girl" up tone at the end - almost like every statement is a question instead. And the flow was off a few times, like during crucial times - like in plank, when my arms and abs are burning, telling us to "swing our right leg up above our head then place our - right, no left, no right leg by our right um left no left hand wrist um ya left wrist..... " Um ya, I'll just sit in childs position while you figure out what you want us to do, my arms are tired and Im swimming in my sweat.
But I must say, the positions she gave us were challenging enough to push us farther, yet not too advanced for a beginner like me, so we got a nice work out. I did go into childs position a couple of times when I couldnt do anymore. She also walked around to correct some peoples positions and verbally told the class the correct positioning as she did so. Sometimes this leads to over staying in one position side and not enough time on the opposite side, but I guess that is common since it has happened in another yoga class I took before. I hope to give moksha another try again soon! 3.5/5*
