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| - I have never performed (word choice?) yoga before my experiences with Laughing Buddha. I have wanted to try for a long time.
My mentor who recently moved to Boston performed with Dusty Snow prior to Laughing Buddha opening, if I remember correctly, so I had met Dusty at her going away party. Since then, I had Dusty and Laughing Buddha in mind.
Finally, I had a friend who mentioned wanting to do yoga. I looked up Dusty and found out more about Laughing Buddha through the amazing connection of the world wide web. As if ordained by a greater power, there was also a Groupon for $30 for a month of unlimited classes (an $85 value!).
We bought the Groupon together, went to our first class, and I cannot speak for my yoga partner, but I am in love with both yoga and Laughing Buddha.
So far, my yoga partner and I have attended three classes total: 3 July 9am Vinyasa with Carolyn Evans, 6:45pm 11 July candle light with Stephanie Serrano, and 8:30 13 July level 1-2 core yoga with Carolyn.
The vinyasa was very much the experience of jumping right in to the deep end of the pool. Unlike my yoga partner, I have never performed yoga prior to this experience and so had no knowledge of any of the poses, whether it was downward dog or child's pose. Both of the yogin I have been with have been entirely helpful in the incidence that my form was off or if I seemed confused or to be struggling. Those incidences feel few and far between and are never discouraging due to the comforting atmosphere created by both the architecture, interior design, and the class set up by each yogini. The setting itself is very aesthetically pleasing with soft cork floors and a skylight. The studio space was previously a garage and has since ascended to a sanctuary for yoga practise; one can tell that it is no longer used as a garage due to one of the hanging lights dangling from what would generally be the garage door pathway.
Carolyn is particularly nurturing and helps the people in the studio blossom; Stephanie was frequently emphasising the sentiment that a practitioner of yoga should not be judging their own form or their own limitations, but should be listening to their bodies wants and needs in every form and shift. Both have shared a lot of words that resonated with me.
Additionally, I am a Muslim and have recently (after this last class) read that some Muslims feel that yoga conflicts with their faith. I feel that yoga actually aligns with my faith and is very reminiscent of raka'at.
Overall, I am very excited to return and make very good use of my access to Laughing Buddha while I have the chance. The Groupon was a stroke of luck, considering that my yoga partner and I are students on very tight budgets.
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