This class is not an introductory class so there are terms and positions I bluffed my way through. But it is a more simple version of yoga (of which I understand there are MANY types) and throughout this 7 week program we will be focusing each week on a different chakra. Starting from the bottom, we worked last night on our root chakra (thus the ruby red chord reference),each chakra is represented by a color. I'm not going to lie, this part seemed strange. Probably because I have no idea what it's from or what it means. But I have an open mind, and I'm taking it all in as a broadening of my horizons. Plus I live in the 20th century, and we have this handy thing called the Internet. Not sure if you guys have heard of it. But I'm going to be utilizing it a bit this week so I can better understand these foreign pose names and spiritual references.
Oh, and I didn't know this Namaste word ... so I didn't use it while everyone else folded there hands and bowed their heads to the instructor and muttered it in unison. Makes me think how weird church must seem to someone who's never been, as we recite responses to the priest and perform the sign of the cross to the Eucharist. Haha.
To each his own.
For whatever its worth, you might want to read this:
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8763&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=566607
Those are some informative links. Between you and M, I'm learning. on a Friday night... dang it. You both made me a nerd.
I've always wanted to try yoga, but all the foreign terminology and the fact that I'm not even a LITTLE flexible have always stopped me.