Pain Relieving

Just a few hours since yesterday and excruciating pain in my entire body becoz of the dance workout. I know this is a part of the pain which will go away in a few days,may be a week or so.In the mean time I thought to help myself ‘my’ way.

As I mentioned in my earlier post,I practice yoga.Not  intense.I am mainly a fan of sun salutations or surya-namskar, whichever way you want to name it.Being an obese weighing 68 kilos until 3years back,I am the ‘mesomorph’ who always needs to keep a check on her weight by being active.I am also a foodie, no I thankfully do not have a sweet-tooth, I prefer savoury and spicy edibles. I hardly eat outside food (junk) except for weekends. But..But..But..being a typical Bengali,I can’t do without rice ,so all the above sacrifices are taken over by ‘carbohydrates’.

Anyways getting back to the topic(yes I have a tendency to sway away from what I actually want to say)-

So a few minutes of yoga gives you a little relief if you are suffering from the pain that I am suffering from-be it a dance work-out, gym, aerobic or yoga itself. Goes for the typical old saying ‘poison kills poison’. Why I am choosing yoga is because you can do it in your own room if you want and it’s a change too,it requires a minimum space and gives you the maximum benefit.

I am sure psychologically you won’t want to run back to the gym or your aerobics class to reduce the pain because that is the source of its origin.I have been practicing yoga for more than a year now and so I want to share certain basic steps which are gonna help you to relieve stress, muscle pain and also energize you for the rest of the day.

·         Make sure you have a gap of atleast 4hours between your last meal and the time you decide to practice yoga.

·         Start wid simple and easy free-hand exercises like front bend,toe-jogging etc.Just google and I am also providing a suitable link. You are always free to pick whatever your eye catches,specially if you are a first timer.

·         After the warm up, start with sun-salutations, be slow and preferably follow your breathing while doing it. Unless you try it,you will feel that your pain is gonna increase,but trust me you will be surprised that you will feel no pain once you start doing it.Do a minimum of 3 sets and a maximum of 8sets,because you need to go back to your gym or dance class in the next few hours,so no use pushing something which is already stressed.

·         Your already throbbing muscles will stretch and will help to ease the pain. For feel good exercises  just do the ‘butterfly’ pose.

·         Savasana is a MUST thing,because whatever you do,the strain effects not just your body,but your mind too,so lying down for 5-10mins with eyes closed will relax you further.

I am not gonna further suggest anymore exercise because I know that pushing yourself to do this in the first place would be something very tough.If it helps you anyways,then lemme just inform you,I did what I wrote today and I am feeling better,the pain is quiet less.

And always remember, Your Mind and Body must work together in sync. Inside a dance class or gym you can’t have your own pace,because there is a sync you HAVE to follow there,but in your room,terrace or wherever,the entire world is yours.Nobody will instruct you and you won’t need to stress yourself J

Day One

So Once again my attempt at blogging,this time with something very close to my heart.I hope to keep up blogging this time,coz I will be dancing regularly-so that will push me to maintain my blog ;)

So cutting the crap and 'stepping up'-I went through major depression for some reasons and decided to give my life another chance and take up dancing,and so 'A new day has come-Celine Deon style'.This blog will primarily involve me sharing my first time experience as an amateur dancer and the phases I go through in my attempt to turn into an 'okay' dancer.

So this dance academy that I have joined is one of the best in my area and I have enrolled myself for a 3months certification course.I will be taught jazz,hip-hop,salsa,indo-western,cha cha and creative.Yeah you got it,its a western dance course.Having learnt katthak for two years,I can only comment atleast after a month or so whether its easier or tougher if you already know a certain dance form.
How it started :
I enter this hugeeee room covered with mirror walls and a wooden floor.Since today was my first day,The warm up session included 16 sets of aerobic dance steps-each consisting of 16 counts.It included the regular free hand exercises as well crunches and side foot stepping.The music was totally desi but on the beat,like tequila on the rocks ;)

Enter jazz..while the rest of the group was dancing on superkool music from 'the blues' I was standing aside practicing the basic steps of jazz.Good part was that ,after multiple repetition of the steps on counting,I got to dance with the group on the music-venga boyz(Boom Boom) it was.It feels awesome,it was like tha baby step to jazz.

Rest I stood and saw the group performing on venga boyz followed by the classic steps of 'disco-deewane' running high on the charts right now.I am sooooo waiting for my turn to do the steps soon!

Observations:
1.Dance is way more beautiful when you see it in person,trust me its beyond what you see in television.
2.I am currently 46 kilos and under-weight,with the kind of strength required for the warm up session itself,I need to increase my calory intake and do some ab-strenthgening yoga.
3.Sun salutations are helpful,because dancing requires a lot of stretching.My idea that my body is pretty flexible because I practice yoga broke today :D
4.Time passes away soon,seeing yourself in the mirror,sweating it out in rhythm and with music is something 'BEAUTIFUL'.

So if you love music and if you love dancing or even watching people dance,then you will have a minimal idea about how I am feeling right now!