At Core Power I believe that they have had partner yoga classes from time to time. Not an ongoing recurring class but a "special class". On 10/28/12 Nate and I tried our first ever partner yoga class.
When we first walked in I was a bit nervous. We saw a man and a woman practicing some moves. I thought, are you kidding? That man is half my size! I'm not going to be able to do that!!!
At Pure Yoga they do things a bit differently than I am use to. Depending on the teacher, the "front" of the classroom can be at the mirrors (which I consider the front) or towards the windows (which I consider the back). This has been a little confusing to say the least. Some days I don't want to be in the front, some days I want to hide in the shadows of the back!
Nate and I walked into the class at what we thought was the back of the room. NOPE we were in the front. It seems that all these people I've been taking yoga classes with are experts! It's a bit annoying. I don't even want to try an advanced class. I would probably just have to sit there! So us two beginner partner yogis are smack in the front....awesome.
We start with an individual flow which was quite lovely. I have been taking a class called hot flow but it really doesn't flow that well (my yogi friends will know exactly what I'm talking about). Our first partner activity was doing warrior II leaning into each other. Boy, did I get sweaty! We then did a few other moves where we had to lean against each other. Ok I thought, no big deal. Then came the acrobatics.....
I don't even know how to clearly explain the moves we were doing! The first move Nate was in a down dog pose and I essentially did a back bend over him. Nice for stretching. The kicker came at the end when I was to do a hand stand and Nate was to catch my feet and have my knees hang over his shoulders. Then he was to bend forward and place my feet on the ground so I could stand up. Easy enough right? Wrong. I got a little scared and tried to sit up while Nate thought he was hurting my back. Between us, I managed to slide fall off of Nate and get a rug burn on my shoulder from the mat!
This was a very fun and challenging class that we will be going back to!
The pictures below are obviously not pictures of Nate and I but rather examples of the poses we did. Can you tell which pose I fell from?
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