Yoga

What do you think of when someone says “yoga”? You probably think of people relaxing and having a good time. Only one part of that is true. Yoga takes place at the dance studio at Deerfield Academy. When the yogi arrive, we start the day by running up and down stairs. We started by running up and down 10 sets of stairs, and every day we ran up and down two more sets of stairs than the previous day. After running up and down stairs, we go inside and meditate to slow down our heart rate. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, we would then go through a few poses and routines to warm up our muscles. After that, we would get into a few harder poses and do some core exercises. 15 minutes before the end of class, we will have a bit of time to brainstorm and execute some cool partner yoga poses. On Fridays after stairs, we would do lots of conditioning for 1.5 hours. Then we will spend 15 minutes on partner yoga. Yoga is really fun way to get really good balance, to get really strong, and to get really flexible.