Sunday, January 30, 2011

The First Step

The first step is deciding that you're going to spend $17 on a class. Even when you haven't done yoga ever before, there's a feeling that the yoga at the gym is different from yoga at a studio. I've seen a lot of people come into the studio, grab a price list and a schedule just to see what it's like inside. The wheels are turning: "$17 for a class. That's a night at the movies. That's dinner at a chain restaurant. That's 1/4 a tank of gas. That could be anything." Most studios will offer an introductory rate that allows unlimited access for a week. While that's an outstanding offer, I like to take at least one class there before I do the unlimited week so that I can see if I like it. Once I've determined I like the studio, I would then sign up for the week to see if there is a teacher there that I click with. But we're getting ahead of it.

$17

So you haven't done yoga, you're looking at the $17 like it's going to change, and it's not. You might be wondering what could possibly be going on in there that $17 is a worthwhile expenditure. I remember. I was there. It's pretty impossible to be a person that does yoga without actually signing up, paying the $17, and going to a class. So the first thing you have to do, is decide that it's worth the $17 to see. After that, everything else is possible.

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