Should I do it… Or shouldn’t I? Hmm… the pros and cons. I will become more flexible, more relaxed, one with nature. But isn’t it only for granny’s and hippies? Do we have to do that ohm stuff? That’s what everybody else says… Screw the opinions, let me do it!
A trans-like voice echoes through the cloud of incense. The candles give a spiritual glow. “We will now go into Surya Namaskar”. Say what? The instructor looks at my confused face, her smile shows her spirit, as free as her clothes. Bending and stretching, bending and stretching, feeling my muscles apprehend every position.
Yoga is far more intense than I ever thought it would be! Contorting my body into the shape of an “O”, gripping tightly on my pointed feet, kicking them up, my head in the same motion, looking towards the heavens. Rocking back and forth on my stomach. Back and forth. Back and forth. On my stomach?! Well this is a new feeling. My hamstrings, thighs and stomach muscles feeling like sinew in biltong.
“We will now finish off in Hanasana”, “lie flat on your mat, palms facing towards the ceiling, open your throat”. The voice drifts eerily past, like a fairy in a cave. “Feel the air touch the tips of your nostrils, imagine a white light going in as you breathe in, and dark light going out, negativity leaving your body”.
“Now imagine a white light on your forehead”… “Touching your third eye”… White light touching my third eye… White light touching my third eye… White light touching my third eye. My third eye? What the hell is that? Damn it now I broke my trance.
“And now bring your attention back to your breath, roll over into foetal position and then sit up and cross your legs, we will now end with a series of Ohm’s”. Here it is, I cross my legs and get into The Lion King’s Rafiki pose. An immensely deep breath in, and I let it out… oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmm… try it. And again. Lips vibrating. I am tuned in to the universal frequency. I can hear like I have never allowed myself to hear before. My mind is placid. My body, taught and relaxed all at once.
My spirit has been stretched.
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