Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Internship
I was just notified this morning of my foundation year field placement. I am going to be doing my internship hours at the Drexel House which was created by Catholic Community Services to aid in providing emergency, transitional and permanent housing to the chronically homeless in Thurston County. I called this morning and set up my pre-placement visit for tomorrow afternoon. I am definitely excited, but also a little nervous about starting. I will be doing about 20 hours a week there over the next two semesters and know that working with the homeless population will definitely open my eyes to their needs. It will be interesting working with this group as I don't have a lot of experience with that yet.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Tacoma Hot Yoga
Yesterday, I went to my first hot yoga session. So, how was it you may ask??? Well, first off, it was HOT. The room is heated to over 100 degrees and by the end, I, like everybody else, was sweating like a pig. Here is a short list of what I disliked and what I liked about the class:
Dislikes:
- It was hot!
- The instructor didn't participate in the poses, so I felt a little lost most of the time
- It was Hot!
- Even though not everyone was uber skinny, I felt like I needed to lose some fat to do the poses right
- It was HOT!
- We were suppose to do all the poses with our eyes open which was hard since during some of the relaxation poses I wanted to close my eyes.
- IT WAS HOT!
Likes:
- The instructor made it known that everyBODY is different so each pose is going to be different on each person.
- The instructor was helpful in giving alternative pose ideas.
- They were aware that it was my first time, so my mat was close to the door (it's a little cooler there apparently).
- I lost a couple pounds (though I'm sure it's all water weight)
- The practice of yoga focuses on becoming internally healthy and accepting oneself which I LOVE!
To be honest, if I didn't buy ten sessions, I probably wouldn't be going back. But, I'm going to give it another couple shots and hope that I do enjoy it more. I did like how I felt afterwards (once I had time to take a cold shower) and I'm a little sore today, so I know it was good for my muscles. I just hope with more practice, the poses will get easier and I will feel more confident in my body.
Dislikes:
- It was hot!
- The instructor didn't participate in the poses, so I felt a little lost most of the time
- It was Hot!
- Even though not everyone was uber skinny, I felt like I needed to lose some fat to do the poses right
- It was HOT!
- We were suppose to do all the poses with our eyes open which was hard since during some of the relaxation poses I wanted to close my eyes.
- IT WAS HOT!
Likes:
- The instructor made it known that everyBODY is different so each pose is going to be different on each person.
- The instructor was helpful in giving alternative pose ideas.
- They were aware that it was my first time, so my mat was close to the door (it's a little cooler there apparently).
- I lost a couple pounds (though I'm sure it's all water weight)
- The practice of yoga focuses on becoming internally healthy and accepting oneself which I LOVE!
To be honest, if I didn't buy ten sessions, I probably wouldn't be going back. But, I'm going to give it another couple shots and hope that I do enjoy it more. I did like how I felt afterwards (once I had time to take a cold shower) and I'm a little sore today, so I know it was good for my muscles. I just hope with more practice, the poses will get easier and I will feel more confident in my body.
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