yoga: link your mind, body and soul

momo and i signed up for yoga lessons! (well, it was more like my enthusiasm led to momo's obligations to join with me. haha:)

so last thursday, we went to selegie house in little india. no, it's not some hotel or what. it's not anywhere sleazy. well.. at first, we did end up in some sleazy and dark shopping mall called selegie centre cuz we got confused with selegie house and selegie centre. all i can remember is that there is a marriage agency in the highest level. and then there was this male shop owner who was giving us a weird look. hmmm... haha..

then we found out that selegie house is actually a few blocks of flats, and the yoga centre is at the bottom level. apparently, the yoga centre is made up of units of flats. the interior was well decorated and the dim orange lightings gave the place a nice ambience. if i'm not wrong, there were candles around too. the first thing we had to do was to take our shoes off and place them on shelves at the door. then we were led upstairs and we were relieved to see ms tay and other AJ students.

breathing exercises. inhale, exhale. some of us nearly fell alseep cuz we got so comfortable!
then we chanted. sort of sang a song in sanskrit. this was the part that i didn't like it. it almost seemed like a religion to me. the instrutor said we thank the sun for giving us light and therefore life to us and we had to press our palms together in a prayer like action. i didn't really follow his chants.

then we got started to do sun salutations (a), surya namaska. we had to move our bodies this way and that and i remember there's this pose called 'downward facing dog'. no kidding. of course it has its name in sanskrit, but there's no way we could remember that.

we felt so relaxed after the session and it sort of made us more aware of our postures, whether our back is straight upright or hunched. and that was only the first lesson. i look forward to the next 7 lessons and hope they will help me to stay fit and improve my postures. :) everyone should try yoga, it's more than just sitting there and trying to hold the note 'ohhmm...' as long as you can. haha.. :)

ps: people fart when they do yoga. it's perfectly normal.