Today I’m sore from my Hatha yoga class this morning with Gabriella. Yoga in Playa Negra is much different than our yoga classes in Dominical, where classes were tailored toward the new comer, and therefore more mellow. Actually, there is nothing mellow about Gabriella’s class. She had us doing full bridge pose, head stands, shoulder stands, crab pose, and lots of other inverted poses and twists combined for far too many breaths (in my mind anyway). On the upside though, I take about a 10-minute walk along a path through the farm, walk up a small hill, and I’m there. Did I mention how incredibly stoked I am about being able to walk to yoga rather than drive to get there, as I did in the States? Don’t get me wrong though, I do so miss my studio back at home, including the incredibly knowledgable teachers, and I have a completely new appreciation for oh so many aspects of it. .JPG)
In Dominical, we were able to really practice ‘focusing during practice’ with heavy construction (including sawing metal, heavy pounding, and things slamming to the ground from other stories) going on a mere 10-feet beyond the open air studio. You have to ignore other sounds such as barking dogs everywhere, and cars and trucks zooming by the entire hour and a half, which soon felt completely normal.
Thursday night Yin yoga with Julie in Dominical was my favorite because most of the construction sounds had quieted down once the sun set, however last Thursday evening, the power went out only about 25 minutes into our practice. We got to practice for about 20 minutes in the dark until a lighter was located to light the small candles in the room, in order to finish out the rest of the practice by candle light. The candles gave such a great feel, that when I bumped into Julie the following day, she indicated that they had decided to light candles for every Thursday evening class from now on! I gave my full support, as it always seemed a waste to me that there were sweet little tea candles placed nicely along the mirror, but were never lit. Anyway, Thursday evening Yin yoga at Bamboo Yoga studio should be a great experience.
Another thing I like about yoga in Costa Rica is that there are so many cool accents - I'm not at all used to that, and I love it so much!!! Julie had more of a British accent, Sofia had more of an Australian accent (i think), and Grabriella is from Venezuela, so I get to hear her beautiful teachings with a beautiful spanish accent. Sigh, I so love the variety in life!
Today, during Gabriella’s class, it was very windy and my mat kept hitting me in the head every time a gust of wind came through the studio. There was an abundance of wind gusts today, as there have been since I arrived last Friday. I suppose every practice has it’s challenges and that is what helps to make life interesting and fun. I hope you all are having a fun and interesting practice throughout all of your daily activities today!
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In Dominical, we were able to really practice ‘focusing during practice’ with heavy construction (including sawing metal, heavy pounding, and things slamming to the ground from other stories) going on a mere 10-feet beyond the open air studio. You have to ignore other sounds such as barking dogs everywhere, and cars and trucks zooming by the entire hour and a half, which soon felt completely normal.
Thursday night Yin yoga with Julie in Dominical was my favorite because most of the construction sounds had quieted down once the sun set, however last Thursday evening, the power went out only about 25 minutes into our practice. We got to practice for about 20 minutes in the dark until a lighter was located to light the small candles in the room, in order to finish out the rest of the practice by candle light. The candles gave such a great feel, that when I bumped into Julie the following day, she indicated that they had decided to light candles for every Thursday evening class from now on! I gave my full support, as it always seemed a waste to me that there were sweet little tea candles placed nicely along the mirror, but were never lit. Anyway, Thursday evening Yin yoga at Bamboo Yoga studio should be a great experience.
Another thing I like about yoga in Costa Rica is that there are so many cool accents - I'm not at all used to that, and I love it so much!!! Julie had more of a British accent, Sofia had more of an Australian accent (i think), and Grabriella is from Venezuela, so I get to hear her beautiful teachings with a beautiful spanish accent. Sigh, I so love the variety in life!
Today, during Gabriella’s class, it was very windy and my mat kept hitting me in the head every time a gust of wind came through the studio. There was an abundance of wind gusts today, as there have been since I arrived last Friday. I suppose every practice has it’s challenges and that is what helps to make life interesting and fun. I hope you all are having a fun and interesting practice throughout all of your daily activities today!
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How about more stories and photos!
El Mago
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