I started doing yoga in January. I had been to one class before, years before with my brother. So basically it was a clean slate. As soon as I started doing it I felt different. My body felt amazing. It is only a few months later and I feel more peaceful internally, more aware of my breath and my thoughts, and externally I am WAY more flexible, I can see noticeable changes in my body, I am motivated to do it every single day (and I do, sometimes two or three times a day!) I have very rarely in my life found something I enjoy as much as yoga. I encourage everyone to at least give it a try. I think it is an absolutely amazing thing. It is the only “workout” I have ever done that is so peaceful, relaxing, and meditative, while at the same time being extremely challenging in basic, beautiful ways.
I practice at a studio. I am fortunate enough to live in a “hippie” town so there are about 20 yoga studios and any time of day you can go to any level class, hot, heated, not heated, yin yoga, whatever you want. It is amazing. I love it so much. Also, I think what a lot of people are afraid of is being judged at the beginning—I have never felt even the slightest sense of that, even when I was brand new at it and clearly not good. There is no judgement—people that go to yoga are not the type to sneer at their neighbor for not being able to hold the pose for as long as they can.