I was very happy with myself that I decided to check this event out! I'm almost didn't go, because it was raining outside, and I really dislike driving at night; especially when it's raining. Thankfully, my Joe talked me into going by giving me ride. I was also able to talk a friend from class, Chris, into going. He was already there when I arrived. I was surprised to see that not many people were there. Yoga was to start at 7:30 and it was already 7:15. Either way I was determined to make it an amazing experience. Chris attempted the bouldering wall they had set up a few times, but I wasn't quite ready to attempt bouldering. I've rock climbed before with someone spotting me incase I fell, but bouldering with little rock climbing experience, no spotter, and the small group of people that showed up crowding around the rock wall made me more nervous than expected. I decided to draw my attention away from the rock wall, and take a look around the warehouse.
Upon reading about this event I imagined taking stairs up to the roof to check out the urban agriculture Local Sprouts advertised. To my surprise, it was a storage unit stripped down and rebuilt into a garden that was set in the back of the warehouse. The science behind it all was something I should've asked about, but my mind was intrigued more with their purpose. This one storage facility grew kale, thai basil, basil, and mint. Their purpose was to sell it commercially. Though one of the owners, Sam, expressed an interest in selling to the community. He also stated that they owned a green house at another location, and that they planned on establishing more storage units. Sam allowed Chris and me to taste their wonderfully grown herbs and veggies, and he told us about the special cocktails he planned to make with the herbs that night.
Once we were finished with the urban agriculture tour, the amount of people at the event has doubled. Everyone was staking their claim against the wall in hopes of practice their hand or head stands; which made me realize I should've had done the same thing. I was envious of one guy in the back who could go into a hand stand without the wall. I want so badly to have the power of a handstand! I was looking forward to finding out what the yogis from Mobile OM had to teach me about the handstand, but unfortunately the handstand wasn't in the practice. We practiced more of a "back to basics" form of yoga,which I appreciated, because I sometimes feel like I'm pushing my body to do strenuous moves that my body isn't prepared for yet. The mobile OM instructor said something that I believe will influence me in all my future practices of yoga. She said " What ever you resist will persist." For the remainder of the practice I thought of this statement. Our bodies more often than not are taught to resist anything that doesn't give us immediate joy, or worse, causes us pain. But life itself teaches us that it's truly the hard times that make us really appreciate and enjoy where we are and what we've come from. We really thrive off the pain of our lives, because it serves a purpose. The purpose that teaches us to believe some how this pain or lack of comfort is meant to strengthen you; not break you. So, every time I felt myself focusing on the pain I was feeling in a particular pose I choose to focus more on it with an accepting mind set. I let the pain be, and I didn't resist. I encouraged myself to let the pain change me. Before I knew it the practice was over and I was collecting my thoughts about what I had learned in Shavasana. We had an hour and ten minute long session in what felt like thirty minutes! In this moment I realized I was proud of myself for not letting a bit of rain keep me from this experience.
After that, Chris and I did a bit of rock climbing, and we waited for Joe. Unfortunately, we never got to try one of the cocktails Sam told us about, because the line was crazy long. Instead we all went to La Goria for what turned out to be a great ending with yummy for and great margaritas!
Upon reading about this event I imagined taking stairs up to the roof to check out the urban agriculture Local Sprouts advertised. To my surprise, it was a storage unit stripped down and rebuilt into a garden that was set in the back of the warehouse. The science behind it all was something I should've asked about, but my mind was intrigued more with their purpose. This one storage facility grew kale, thai basil, basil, and mint. Their purpose was to sell it commercially. Though one of the owners, Sam, expressed an interest in selling to the community. He also stated that they owned a green house at another location, and that they planned on establishing more storage units. Sam allowed Chris and me to taste their wonderfully grown herbs and veggies, and he told us about the special cocktails he planned to make with the herbs that night.
Once we were finished with the urban agriculture tour, the amount of people at the event has doubled. Everyone was staking their claim against the wall in hopes of practice their hand or head stands; which made me realize I should've had done the same thing. I was envious of one guy in the back who could go into a hand stand without the wall. I want so badly to have the power of a handstand! I was looking forward to finding out what the yogis from Mobile OM had to teach me about the handstand, but unfortunately the handstand wasn't in the practice. We practiced more of a "back to basics" form of yoga,which I appreciated, because I sometimes feel like I'm pushing my body to do strenuous moves that my body isn't prepared for yet. The mobile OM instructor said something that I believe will influence me in all my future practices of yoga. She said " What ever you resist will persist." For the remainder of the practice I thought of this statement. Our bodies more often than not are taught to resist anything that doesn't give us immediate joy, or worse, causes us pain. But life itself teaches us that it's truly the hard times that make us really appreciate and enjoy where we are and what we've come from. We really thrive off the pain of our lives, because it serves a purpose. The purpose that teaches us to believe some how this pain or lack of comfort is meant to strengthen you; not break you. So, every time I felt myself focusing on the pain I was feeling in a particular pose I choose to focus more on it with an accepting mind set. I let the pain be, and I didn't resist. I encouraged myself to let the pain change me. Before I knew it the practice was over and I was collecting my thoughts about what I had learned in Shavasana. We had an hour and ten minute long session in what felt like thirty minutes! In this moment I realized I was proud of myself for not letting a bit of rain keep me from this experience.
After that, Chris and I did a bit of rock climbing, and we waited for Joe. Unfortunately, we never got to try one of the cocktails Sam told us about, because the line was crazy long. Instead we all went to La Goria for what turned out to be a great ending with yummy for and great margaritas!