I’ve had a slight set-back in my workouts. I last posted that I had replicated my new personal training workout on my own. I noticed that same day that I was limping a bit. I chalked it up to some sore muscles.
The next day–Saturday–I woke up with a swollen left knee. In pain. I could barely bend it, and it’s stayed that way. I’ve iced it every day and have gone to yoga twice to stretch the muscles that play into my knee. But definitely no workouts for me. I have had this problem before….the last time, after x-rays, MRIs, physical therapy, etc., I found the best way through it is just rest.
But what I really want to post about is yoga.
I’ve started going to the Monday night class close to work and I’ve decided I really like the teacher–her name is ‘Chelle. She’s awesome. Too often, I’ve been in yoga classes where the instructor treats the time as if it’s her own yoga practice. Never gets off her own mat. I’ve even been in yoga classes where the instructor is an egotist. Which is really odd, for yoga…
But ‘Chelle is not like that at all. She rarely does the moves herself–usually only for demo purposes, and then she walks through the class while we do the moves. She coaches us, touches us, repositions us. She explains why we’re moving the way we are, what we could tweak to move better, how it’s good for us. That’s good yoga teaching.
‘Chelle not only loves yoga–she loves yoga teaching. And I love going to her class.
Oddly, my gynecologist apparently loves ‘Chelle too. She was in class with me last night….
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