while I was in the US, I took a yoga with weights class at Thrive Yoga. I had been resistant to taking such a class because it seemed to be drifting away from the purpose of yoga, to bind the mind and body. But it came available so decided to check it out.

As I suspected, some of the spiritual-ness was lost, The class was kind of a workout. The weights were light and mildly challenging. I felt a pleasant muscle soreness the next day

The word yoga means “to bind” or “yolk”, like connect a cattle to a plow. The purpose of yoga is to make it so we can meditate better Westerners have turned it into a lot more than that. I’ve always told myself I want to stick to the original intent.

Im glad I went to the class, I haven’t decided yet what I think of yoga with weights overall.

Happy Thursday!