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Originally Posted by David
I started two classes last week--hatha yoga & tai chi. The tai chi is sort of interesting. At this stage, I'm not really into it because I'm still trying to get down the form. As for the yoga, the first class last week was BRUTAL. She took us through a bunch of positions, cracking the whip. Plus, she had the air temperature in the yoga studio up to 80 degrees--decidedly not my comfort zone.
I dread going back for my second class of yoga, but I'll do it anyway. Even if I throw up.
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Tai Chi is weird, I tried it before and felt the same as you - only I didn't stick with it. It's supposed to be great, though - I definitely plan on taking it up again sometime.
Yoga isn't supposed to be brutal, unless it's supposed to be brutal (bikram, for one). Remember the point of yoga is to breathe through your body and be conscious of that breath, not to nail the position. But I'm sure you know that, although it sounds like your teacher may not.
I went to one yoga class when I first moved here, and the teacher went through it fast, and not in a flowing way, in a more athletic way (it wasn't supposed to be one of the athletic forms of Yoga) and I never went back. In chico I had a great yoga teacher. It was all relaxed, she made sure to remind everyone to breathe, she went around and adjusted body positions, she told everyone exactly how they were supposed to be aligning their body positions, etc. It was a great foundation to enable me to do yoga properly at home with tapes. So, you may want to switch teachers. You may not, I was just saying.
I hope you stick with Tai Chi. I've read a ton about the benefits.
