Yoga: my first class after a long hiatus

I went to my friend's yoga class on Friday. I hadn't gone to yoga forever and so I knew I had to take it easy. I did all the modification poses and didn't go into the poses that deep, but still after only 40 minutes I was shaking. I told myself to hang on another 15 minutes and then it would be cool down, but it wasn't easy.

I am so jealous of all the people who could do the poses so gracefully. That was me not too long a go! I am really hoping in couple of months I would be comfortable with yoga poses again. Seriously, I used to do 90 minute classes and would then go out for at least half an hour run. But now I couldn't wait for the 60 minute class to be over. That is how out of shape I am.

So Friday night when I got home I found this image and decided to for just a few minutes at a time, maybe just before sleep and when I woke up, do the poses and go into them as deep as I can. I told myself as soon as I got tired I quit. I also decided not to keep the time. I probably did five minutes Friday night (did the first two lines of poses several times); I think a bit more Saturday morning, and even more Saturday night and Sunday morning. Last night I timed myself and when I got tired and quit I had done 17 minutes. I am up to the worrier pose (4th line).

This morning since I was going to the gym I didn't do any yoga, but I plan to practice for maybe 20 minutes before I turn in tonight. Hopefully, by Friday I would be able to go through the entire 60 minute class with limited shaking. That is my goal.