My yoga journey this semester has been an interesting one. I started out not really knowing what to expect or what it would be like. Although I have practiced yoga casually before this semester, it was exciting to practice and have a bit (a lot!) more background and the grounds to analyze what I was doing and why. I do feel like I got a sort of altered yoga experience since I only attended yoga classes taught on the Stockton campus. Stockton is by no means a yoga studio, and I think it would have been a very different experience elsewhere. Our practices were a sort of hodgepodge so I can't decided if I have made any clear improvement in terms on my physical practice. I feel like I was always able to keep up and that it was enjoyable along they way.
Practicing yoga became very different when pairing it with our class discussions. I felt like I had so much more information and I was able to take so much more away from the physical practice each time because I knew what was behind it. The philosophy has been the most exciting to me, and I think some of the ideas we have discussed I will continue to grapple with. I love to learn things and them see them appear unrelated in my life in different contexts, and that has definitely happened with some of our readings and discussions.
I'm interested to continue practicing yoga on a casual basis. I don't think I would have ever wanted to if I only did the physical practice without all of the knowledge I've gained about it. I'm interested to continue reading and learning about yoga as I go, and I definitely feel infinitely more aware of the Easter and Western differences in yoga and beyond. This class has especially sparked my interest in Eastern thought and philosophy, and I'm happy to have some new information in my pocket from this.
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