- H A R I N I
It was Saturday morning, and like most 11-year-olds, I was going to do yoga! I know what you’re thinking: “Yoga?! But I do that every morning!!” Well, that's fine and all, but would you be surprised if I told you that I would be upside down, sideways, floating in the air, and experiencing the inside of a chrysalis? Well, read on to explore about my wacky morning!!
I woke up at 6:00 A.M, thinking it was school! (This is the exact reason why schools should start at 9:00 A.M!!!) Anyway, I went back to bed and woke up at 7:00 A.M!! Not what I wanted, but close enough. I rolled out of bed, and I washed my face, ate breakfast, read some books, went over my list and… well, you probably know what happens every morning, because it's your morning schedule, but let's skip over to the fun part!!
I stepped inside Raffa Yoga, wearing black cotton tights, and a pale pastel rosebud pink long sleeved shirt. I stepped inside, and 20 large, silk hammocks, caught my attention. I mean, it's not every day that you see them, right? Moving on, our instructor, David, was setting up everything, so we could get on the hammocks and “hang” around, get it? To HANG around? Ok. So, I got on the hammocks and swung back and forth, side to side and even twisted! Finally, David told us to stand on the floor, and our lesson started!
The first pose we did was experiencing the inside of a chrysalis!! We got in our hammock, and swung our left leg over to the other side , made sure that the fabric was under the heels of our feet, and we bent our legs in and..TA-DA!!! We were in a chrysalis.
The next pose we did was the upside down pose!! We brought our legs to the front again and this time as lean back we had to spread our legs wide enough and we basically did a back-flip and after this we were upside down! We hung like that for a couple of minutes and after that we had to come out so we grabbed the fabric that was between our knees and we had to take out our legs and we were facing front.
We went upside-down one more time, but we reached above our feet and climbed up, and soon enough we were flying. I was feeling a little nervous, but also excited when I was up there. The fear quickly took over when he said to come down. We had to swing to the right, twist over in midair and come down. I was frightened. But I quickly caught on and it wasn’t a big deal. However, I was slightly nauseous, but that feeling soon went away as we did the next exercise!
By the end of the class, we did this one pose, which I called as the sleeping mummy. Your head and feet would be supported by the fabric and this was very relaxing, and David turned off the lights and we were meant to close our eyes and meditate, but I on the other hand, almost fell asleep, but luckily I woke up just in time.
I will never forget my fun and memorable time at Raffa Yoga! (Especially after experiencing how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly using a chrysalis!!)
