The place I chose to visit was Yoga Sol, in Minneapolis. I attended a 17 people session, called “Yoga Sculpt” on Tuesday, October 3rd, at 10:30 am. This class was lead by Danielle, a short woman with black hair. The reason why I chose to come to a yoga session is because I’ve never done yoga and Yoga Sol is donation based, meaning that you can attend the class for free, but they really appreciate donations.
When I arrived, I stepped into a small studio and was greeted by a guy by a guy named Nik. Nik told me class would start soon and asked if I needed a yoga matt. Gladly, I accepted and proceeded to find an open spot. The studio room was half the size of our classroom with a wooden dark brown floor, and dark…show more content… Although 5 pound weights were suggested, you weren’t required to used them. I brought my own, but my friend didn’t. We started with a warm up. It consisted of stretching, paired with controlled breathing. Most of the stretching was focused on the back of the body. Once we started the actual sculpt, most of the repetitions were done with controlled breathing. Music was being played on the background. It had no words, but was at a tempo that it allowed me to be very concentrated, but relaxed. We started with chair squats, proceeded to lunges while doing an arm workout. This required a lot of focus and stability. During sets that required a lot of stability, I struggled to maintain balance. Most of the sets required lunges, so I put the weights down to practice balance and towards the end of the class, I was able to pick the weights back up with more stability. We began to cool down after 30+ minutes. During the cool down, the focus was on stretching the legs, specially our gluteus. I found this helpful, as I was pretty sore from the class. I decided to bring my heart rate monitor and record the whole class. My heart was at an average of 134 beats per minute, with a maximum reaching at 158. Although it did not get me in the zone, it did require a lot of energy. Once class was finished, I retrieved the yoga mat and returned it to the front. I thanked Danielle for being great instructor and having patience with me. I donated 15 dollars, and so did my friend. We headed back to campus, sore and
