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Yoga; Thursday, Third Period [06/02].

The forecast seemed to have called for 'moderate rain' that day, so Rosa considered moving class inside, but honestly? It was just a little water; it (probably) wasn't going to kill anyone. They were definitely still meeting on the beach.

"In yoga," she started, without preamble, to get right to it, "the element of water," see what she was doing here?, "is associated with the second Chakra, housed in the pelvis and hip area, and it's supposed to tap into our emotional bodies, honor our intuition, and follow our passions. Soft but strong movement, with a natural flow into each other. You know. Like water. So that's what we're working on today. We're still going to start with the sun salutation to warm us up, especially since we should all be more familiar with it now, and then we'll go over some poses connected to the water element and finish with a new sequence in line with the element.

"If there aren't any initial questions, then, we'll just get started."

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Wetly.

Liz Sherman

Billy Coen

Kurt Wagner

Lana Beniko

Steve McGarrett

Duke Crocker

Nell Ingram

Often, yoga is about repetition and familiarity, so even if you don't have the sun salutation down to a T by now, you've probably developed your own variation that works for you to get you warmed up through a couple of sets of the sequence.

Edited 2022-06-02 10:31 (UTC)

Liz supposed one good thing about still being at Fandom was that she could still keep up with her classes and she was finding that yoga was actually keeping her calm and relaxed despite how uncertain everything was right now, so she was doing her best to stay focused on her warm ups.

Duke was fairly intent on his practice today. It was time, he'd decided, to get back to himself, and that meant throwing himself full force into some old habits. Even if they were being lead by someone he disliked on principle.

So he was here, leaning into his warm up, eyes closed, breathing calm and controlled. Any rain that fell was just going to add to his presence in the moment, dammit.

In addition to what makes each pose water-influenced, Rosa will break down the basics of four particular poses--Cat/Cow, Bound Angle, Crescent Moon Pose, and Pigeon Pose--to practice and add to your repertoire.

Billy had an admittedly limited range for what he normally included in his yoga routines. So, while he was less than graceful with the newer poses and sequences, it was giving some good things to add. And he was doing his best to figure them out.

These were definitely a bit further from the kata that Lana was used to, and they weren't exactly useful for battle, but she could see their value for keeping limber.

She didn't mind the water, either; at least it wasn't hot.

Duke had maybe fallen asleep once in pigeon pose. He wasn't quite at that level of flexibility again yet -- he'd really let himself go the last several months -- but he still fell into the pose like it was an old friend.

His hips needed this.

And once everyone seems to have settled into familiarity with the new poses and as they neared the end of class, Rosa will go over a new sequence to try inspired by water poses to try to use as their cool down.

Kurt enjoyed this class. Yoga had always been something that interested him and he found helpful. And his natural flexibility and balance only helped, so he was excited to be learning all these new positions and routines to try out. And he found the water inspired poses an interesting challenge.

Rosa's favorite thing about this class is that she pretty much gets to do yoga and not talk to people too much; why ruin that for her now?

Duke was definitely not here to ruin anything for anyone. But he couldn't help but pause at the end of class, as he shouldered his mat, to say a quick "Good session. Thanks."

Rosa gave Duke side glance, because he was right, it had been a nice session, she knew that, she was awesome at yoga, and she wanted to keep it that way, thanks.

So she just shrugged.

"That's my job."

Duke opened his mouth, considering adding some remark about it being so much better a job than her last one, then decided to quit while he was ahead, and just nodded at her instead.

And headed off up the beach.

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