When You're 80 and Going to Yoga Everyday...Life is...

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hi my name is Mera sine and we're right out front yoga hun here in Boulder Colorado it's a chilly morning but just a few minutes ago it was pretty hot inside Fran while you just finished up hot yoga class tell us about one of the highlights of class this morning well the Highlight was to sing Happy Birthday and happy baby pose all four paws up it's always fun it's the apex of the class indeed it is we have a really fun Community right here at Yoga Pod one of the things that's really important to us is that our students are recognized by name and represented in class so today was Myra's birthday and we were singing happy birthday to her how long have you been practicing here at Yoga Pod here at Yoga Pod I think four years yeah and are you only a hot Yogi or do you go to other classes too no I have taken 1,1 37 class classes I think today was my 1,138 approximately but I it's pretty close well I bet you're the perfect person then to let someone who is wanting to take their first yoga class what kind of advice do you have for them just dive into it there's no other way just do what you can start where you're at there's no other place to start and what makes yoga p different than maybe some of the other studios around town the teachers are of excellent quality that has been the drawing card for me absolutely well-trained empathic beautiful caring teachers and then um the uh variety of classes the sense of community the beautiful facilities um and Nicole and Jerry just very very caring and welcoming so the whole thing together for me has made it that I come every day oh do you well you can count the days four years I mean I've been sick a little while and maybe I've traveled a little bit but not too much it's it's got to be approximately right I love it so what are some of the ways that you see your yoga practice alive off the mat you carry it with you you carry the tone of it with you the feeling of it with you the you dip here you dip yourself in spirituality into your body into a calming meditative space and once you have that experience you can't just drop it like a piece of paper you automatically carry it with you so you carry your body posture you car carry the tone of the the of the class the spirituality and you you encounter it uh with other people throughout the day beautiful as you reflect on the classes that you've taken over the last four years 1,100 what are some highlights just if you glance along your your mind what are some of the highlights that you remember the highlights is always when I learn something like today she said to keep your knees together we were in floorb pose and she said that at a moment that I know I always forget to do it they might say it before but by the time I get to that moment I have forgotten she said it just right and today I did it that's a highlight for me because I learned so the classes where I learn is where I for me I like it um it's rare that I don't learn anything it's very rare I don't want to practice my M mistakes I listen to what the teacher says and I usually come away Having learned a lot there is so much to learn here well as we carry out on our day today if somebody out there is thinking about coming to yoga today and they need a little extra boost if they haven't gotten it already what's your last piece of inspiring get off the chair and jump out come on over to the yoga P it'll be your gain it'll be yours you're in control you will gain so much more than you put in 10 to one I promise oh thank you so much fris it's a pleasure yeah we're loving life here at Yoga Pod in Boulder Colorado my name is Meredith sassine and to learn more information you can visit the yoga pod.com or check us out on Facebook thanks so much and remember if you can breathe you can do yoga oh yeah that's true thank you so much