Health

I took yoga classes for several years. I was fairly flexible when I started and I could get into all the positions without immediate pain. But after awhile, I started figuring out that some positions were starting to cause pain after class was over. I wasn't ready to stop, so I modified those positions that were bothering me. That was when I learned that even though every yoga teacher says if you need to modify it's fine, but when you actually do, many come scurrying over to "help" you do it "properly".

The final straw for me was a teacher who loved yin yoga. It wasn't a yin class, but when she took over we did yin poses for the first 15-20 min of class. If you're not familiar with yin, it's some of the same poses, but you hold it for 3 or more minutes. What had been mild lower back and hip pain became much more painful. I had to quit. I tried a few other teachers, but then I discovered a line dance class on Saturday mornings and never looked back.