Thanks to a well-timed Groupon, I scored a 10-visit punch card to Birkam Yoga Natick for a very good price. Since I have a couple of weeks off from work (oh, painting the house, how I love and loathe thee), it seemed like a good time to try out this particular brand of yoga – hot, prescriptive, and athletic.
Okay, first truth time here: I’m not flexible. Nor do I enjoy spending a lot of time contemplating where I fit into the universe. And frankly, I hate sweating. So the choice of very bendy, heated YOGA? Weird, but that’s exactly why it was on the list.
And second truth time here: I enjoyed it. Sure, tomorrow when I go I’ll bring a bigger towel (and a second towel as well) and will wear far fewer clothes. But I’ll go back, which is probably the biggest surprise to me. I think what appealed to me about it was the athleticism involved – there is a lot of good balance work, and (as I said earlier), it’s a bendy brand of yoga. As it turns out, I’m a pretty goal-oriented person (shocking, shocking) and being able to walk out of there feeling like I had a workout was really appealing. Besides, I want to get better at being bendy – it can only help me in hockey and crossfit!
So: score one for hot, bendy yoga that would have made me sweat even IF the room hadn’t been heated up.
awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed it. We have been talking about trying out Bikram too. 🙂
Yoga has really helped my CF… one, it keeps me from being crippled, and two, it helps my flexibility.
Stick with it!! 🙂 I just do a simplified version after my CF WODs (already warm). Great cool down and great way to focus on the stretchie, stretch 🙂