fandomhigh | Yoga; Friday, Fourth Period [05/17].

Summer yoga meant yoga on the beach, weather permitting, and so since it looked like it was going to be an alright day for that, everyone should hopefully have found their way to the beach for class that afternoon, and if not, then oh well.

"So," Rosa started, without much preamble because talking wasn't exactly high on her list of priorities, "welcome to Yoga, blah blah blah. I was thinking of doing something different with it this semester, and then realized I don't care enough and that the whole 'explore a different chakra each week' thing is perfect for a summer session, so we're sticking with it. Also, having had other Yoga before is not a prerequisite, but it'll sure help, and keep in mind that I don't really believe in any of this crap, but it's a good fit and it makes you feel good doing it, so let's do it.

"Basically," she sighed a little, like the whole actual teaching aspect of it was a particular burden she wanted to get out of the way as quickly as possible, "chakras refer to various spots in your body where energy is said to radiate from, and yoga's supposed to help focus these chakras and keep them balanced, so that you're balances, and it's all just sort of spiritual mindfulness crap. We're going to start with the Muladhara chakra, or root chakra today, the first of the seven, which is said to be located around your coccyx or tailbone, associated with the color red, and it's supposed to support good health for your body, your connection to the Earth, and overall stability in the physical world."

And if it sounded like Rosa was a little bored and disbelieving of these sorts of things, well...she pretty much said her piece on that.

"So we'll learn a few poses good for the root chakra, and one of the things good for the root chakra is also the sun salutation, which is also good, because that's how we'll be starting and finishing most classes. Those of you who already know it, you know what to do, but if you don't, just follow along with me on the warm up, and you can work on improving it as we go on."

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Feeling your roots, or feeling your red.

Nell Ingram

Steve McGarrett

Arden Finch

Gladiolus Amicitia

Gonzo the Great

Jonathan Sims

Rosa has her preferred variation of the Sun Salutation to lead everyone through for warm-ups today, so follow along especially if you're new to this, but if you aren't and want to do a warm up that you prefer or works better for you, Rosa could literally not care less. And though she is explaining the moves and transitions as she goes along, she is clearly not taking any prisoners for anyone who can't keep up. You'll get there.

Arden had never done yoga before, but she was here, flexible, and ready to learn, at least!

Pro: Gonzo was super flexible. Con: Gonzo was not actually all that coordinated.

He would do his best not to fall over and knock over the whole class like dominoes, but he was a Muppet. So no guarantees.

Jon had done this class before, so he just settled in to do Rosa's preferred warm-ups.

More or less. His eyes were barely open and his head was pounding from last night.

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From something literally called the Easy Pose to a crescent lunge pose, the root chakra asanas are intended to help you feel grounded, secure, and also worked your lower back, legs, and feet. Take the majority of the class to learn about them, ask questions about them or the chakra as a whole, and practice the ones you feel you need to work on or just enjoy the ones that already feel right.

It was fun to do these again and even nicer to remember the first tikme she'd done this class.

She wasn't sure if she bought all this chakra stuff, but Arden was going to at least practice the poses a lot. And try not to fall over for some of them.

"What if you don't have a pelvis?" Gonzo asked. ". . . Asking for a friend."

Jon was not asking questions. Jon was hoping the ache from stretching would hide the headache from drinking.

So far it wasn't working.

Just a few more times with the Sun Salutation to cool down at the end of the class, or whatever else you want to do for it, and then you can kindly get the hell out of there.

But the cool down is important, dammit.

Nell stretched and did her cool down and then a little corpse pose just for fun.

Arden definitely needed some cool down after this. How the hell was she sweating? How the more hell did people meditate through this?

But why would you spend all that time trying to plant your root chakra only to have Rosa undoubtedly yank it right back out?

Also, just a heads up, I'm running around a convention center for the better part of the day, so I'll be pretty sparse!

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