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| - The second stop on my journey towards yoga nirvana was Kula.
After our painful experience in an intermediate Ashtanga class (please read my review of Yogaspace http://www.yelp.ca/biz/yogaspace-toronto#hrid:2R7MxjfDyms2S6mhg9Sevg), my friend Jen and I decided to go back to the basics with Kula's Basic Flow. We would still get a good workout but we wouldn't be crying in agony within the first fifteen minutes of the class.
It was 9:00 am on a sunny Saturday morning. This would be the time where my eyes squint open at the morning light peering into my bedroom window, instead I was squinting and yawning on my yoga mat. The other nine ladies in my class were doing the same.
In comes our teacher Jen with her positive energy, immediately greeting and talking to us. Before she began teaching, she asked us if we had heard of the avant-garde music composer John Cage and briefly explained about his infamous 4'33 concert. What does John Cage have to do with yoga? Apart from the obvious topic of appreciating silence, not much except for the fact that we had a kick-ass teacher. Jen was friendly, encouraging and personable, all great qualities to find in a teacher. Plus her music selection helped us get into the mood of working out: instead of playing the usual ambient music, her mix included R&B songs by Jill Scott and (big points here) Stevie Wonder.
After a few minutes of meditation, we began our session which lasted for an hour and a half. Again, my entire body endured another great workout to the point that my arms shook, but it was an easy class to follow. Since we were a small class, Jen was able to focus on each of us and corrected our poses. She offered good tips and more importantly, she encouraged our hard work, which in turn, made us (at least, me) work harder in our moves. The final ten or so minutes was the restorative period where we lied on our mats to rest and meditate, our eyes closed with a small pillow of lavender placed over them. That part was very soothing and being a fan of doing lying down on a yoga mat doing absolutely nothing, I loved it.
Would I return to Kula? Yes, I would. The room where the class was held was a good size, enough to hold fifteen people comfortably. The change rooms, washrooms and showers are all very clean, and the receptionist was friendly. Since trying out Kula, I've heard others comment on how great this studio is so I'll definitely keep them in mind for the future.
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