At the start of this year the whole year was asked to choose three subjects they would like to be in. We had a choice of around eight subjects to choose from, these included: yoga, biology, physics, chemistry, and DCG. We were told that we might not get the subjects we wanted but that it would be in Mrs Groome's best interest. After a while, the classes were posted in both the 4th year cloak rooms. I was put into yoga for the first term, chemistry for the second term, and physics for the third term. I was happy with this but I was hoping that I could get into biology. I was excited to start yoga as I had never tried it before and had heard it was very relaxing and helpful.
We had yoga on a Tuesday before lunch time with Mrs Spilan in the sacred space. The sacred space was a really good venue to have yoga as it was quiet and tranquil and helped me to concentrate. Every yoga class we would start off with being in a semi supine pose and would then do some stretches to get ready for the yoga poses we would be learning. The yoga poses we learned were very interesting and helpful for sore muscles. One yoga pose I really enjoyed was the Warrior Pose. To end the class we could have a body scan, then a relaxation and then a peace and love talk. For the body scan, Mrs Spilan would talk us through breathing and imagining a light being pushed through your body, body part by body part. This was done so that any tension in our body was released and so that we could relax easier. When that was done, Mrs Spilan let us lie in silence so that we could relax and cool down. After we had finished our relaxation, we sat cross legged on our yoga mats and Mrs Spilan would ask us to think of someone we associate with peace, love and happiness. When we had thought of someone we had to imagine ourselves breathing in that peace, love and happiness from them and say, "May I be well, may I be happy, may I be at peace". After we had done that, we were asked to think of someone who would need some peace, love and happiness and to say in our mind, "May they be well, may they be happy, may they be at peace". This was one of my favourite parts of yoga as i found it very helpful. Yoga was not something I would have tried outside of school but after taking part in it I found that i really enjoyed it. Everyone in the yoga class really had a great time and I would recommend for everyone to try it at least once! (Written by Rhiannon Kelly, Photography also by Rhiannon Kelly) Comments are closed.
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