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fandomhigh2023-05-11 03:50 am
died8yearsago) wrote in fandomhigh2023-05-11 03:50 am
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Yoga; Thursday, Second Period [05/11].
Everyone in the class should have gotten some kind of instructions that, weather permitting, they'd be meeting at the beach each week (and the community center otherwise), so if they weren't there when class begun....oh, well. Rosa would be 100% fine if no one showed up at all, or if everyone actually ended up o on the wrong beach, because that would mean she'd just spend the period going through her own forms without anyone bothering her, and, actually, no, on second thought, could they just do that instead? That sounded nice.
But, noooo. Just like last time, people didpresumably actually show up, so Rosa sighed and supposed she did still have to, ugh, teach.
Hopefully, though, like last time, it would actually be...surprisingly not that bad.
"Alright," she said, reluctantly abandoning all hopes for a nice weekly personal session on the beach that she was still going to get paid for, "I'm assuming you're all here for yoga. This is meant to be kind of a basics class for people of all abilities and experience levels, so if you're already pretty familiar with yoga, then you already know that even the simple stuff can still be helpful and beneficial, and if you're new, nothing should be so challenging that you can't wing at least a simplified version of the movements.
"So....what even is yoga? I could go into some long, detailed lecture like some people might," *cough*Blackstone*cough*, "but I'm not going to. If you're really interested in the history and philosophy and all that crap, there's a library and the internet around here so you've got resources aplenty. In this class, we're mostly going to be focusing on how yoga can be used to both relax and calm a person," suggesting that, yes, this was Rosa relaxed and calm from yoga; imagine how she'd be without her yoga!, "as well as stretch and tone and strengthen your body. There's a whole...wellness of mind and body equilibrium hippy-dippy bullshit, but that's not my style, so..."
She shrugged, like it couldn't be helped that even granola-crunching, chakra-enlightening hippies could still be right about some things, but anyway...
"But, anyway," she said. "We're going to just get started today by going over some of the basic forms you'll likely be using a lot in this class. Most classes will be just me teaching you a technique or sequence, and then spending the rest of the period practicing it and not talking and just focusing on what you're doing, which means it's one of the most perfect class concepts ever created. It worked great last year. Don't fuck it up this year. Just follow me through the basic forms for today and then we'll see how you do, and then you'll just work on them from there. That's it.
"It's yoga. It doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, that defeats the whole point."
But, noooo. Just like last time, people did
Hopefully, though, like last time, it would actually be...surprisingly not that bad.
"Alright," she said, reluctantly abandoning all hopes for a nice weekly personal session on the beach that she was still going to get paid for, "I'm assuming you're all here for yoga. This is meant to be kind of a basics class for people of all abilities and experience levels, so if you're already pretty familiar with yoga, then you already know that even the simple stuff can still be helpful and beneficial, and if you're new, nothing should be so challenging that you can't wing at least a simplified version of the movements.
"So....what even is yoga? I could go into some long, detailed lecture like some people might," *cough*Blackstone*cough*, "but I'm not going to. If you're really interested in the history and philosophy and all that crap, there's a library and the internet around here so you've got resources aplenty. In this class, we're mostly going to be focusing on how yoga can be used to both relax and calm a person," suggesting that, yes, this was Rosa relaxed and calm from yoga; imagine how she'd be without her yoga!, "as well as stretch and tone and strengthen your body. There's a whole...wellness of mind and body equilibrium hippy-dippy bullshit, but that's not my style, so..."
She shrugged, like it couldn't be helped that even granola-crunching, chakra-enlightening hippies could still be right about some things, but anyway...
"But, anyway," she said. "We're going to just get started today by going over some of the basic forms you'll likely be using a lot in this class. Most classes will be just me teaching you a technique or sequence, and then spending the rest of the period practicing it and not talking and just focusing on what you're doing, which means it's one of the most perfect class concepts ever created. It worked great last year. Don't fuck it up this year. Just follow me through the basic forms for today and then we'll see how you do, and then you'll just work on them from there. That's it.
"It's yoga. It doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, that defeats the whole point."
Re: Class Activity: Basic Poses - Yoga, 05/11.
Her long tunic and skirty-pants got in the way a bit, as they did on Tuesdays, but she was pretty good at working around them. Would she ever wear something more form-fitting? Well, you never knew. Maybe someone would introduce her to sweatpants one day.
It was nice being here with Gladio, even if being around him sometimes made her feel a little funny. It was a good funny, don't get her wrong, just, well... different.
"Have you done yoga before?" she asked.
Re: Class Activity: Basic Poses - Yoga, 05/11.
Sweatpants? Guuuuurrrrllll....
But here, on the beach in yoga class, Gladio was giving a small thoughtful hum and a nod. "Back when the school took that trip to Indonesia," he said. "They offered it at the resort, so I thought I'd give it a try. Turns out," he grinned a little more; it was a little easier. If there was anything lingering about Tuesday for her, it didn't seem to be showing in her mood at all, so that was good, "I'm kind of a fan."
Re: Class Activity: Basic Poses - Yoga, 05/11.
"I think I'm becoming a fan as well," Nell said with a smile.