Blog # 65: Yoga

I have always been interested in taking a yoga class. I thought my best opportunity would be to take it through Wichita State. I always stretch before I run, but I noticed I don’t stretch enough because my leg muscles always seem tight and sore. I have learned so many different stretches that are good for my body I was astonished. Some of the stretches we do are a bit painful, but I know the more I do them my body will get used to them and eventually be more flexible. I also didn’t realize how healthy stretching is for the body, but after hearing you talk about it made me learn a whole different meaning for stretching.
The main reason why I am taking yoga is to become more flexible and to relax my mind. I am always busy either working or doing homework and yoga has really taught me how to relax my mind and my body at the same time. I really have been enjoying this class so far and look forward to learning more and more every class.

I have been taking yoga now for approximately 8 weeks. I have seen results, but I think my results would be greater if I took the class more than just once a week. I still run a lot but don’t stretch enough before I do. So, when Tuesday morning yoga class comes my muscles in my legs are so tight that some of the stretches are unbearable. I still can’t touch my toes when both of my feet out directly in front of me, but I can when I have one leg in front. I think we need to do more back stretches. My back always hurts me no matter what time of day it is.
So far I really love this class and want to learn even more stretches. I think we should focus on the back stretches however. Also, I think another stretch we should try is to stretch our side called “side bends.” It would help get rid of those love handles!


I am really enjoying the routine we do every Tuesday in class. I like how we work every certain body part at a time instead of jumping around from the shoulders to the back to the legs and back to the shoulders again.
I have been having an extremely rough time sleeping at night. No matter how emotionally drained I am from working and being in class all day I can’t seem to stay asleep at night. I wake up approximately two to six times a night. I don’t know what it is or if I just can’t seem to relax my mind before I go to bed. I thought taking yoga would help me learn a special relaxing stretch that we could use before we go to bed but we haven’t had the chance to do a special sleep stretch because we are doing so much other awesome stretches for our body. Is there a stretch we could try doing in class that would help us sleep better? I need my sleep!