About yoga.

I can't describe yoga with one word. It's relaxation. Breath, precision, strength, flexibility, happiness, health... Strong and healthy body and mind.
Few years ago I wanted to go for yoga classes. And here I am. Twice a week, for 1.5 hour. Building strenght, flexibility, confidence and freedom. I think everybody knows what yoga is. But there are different types of it. I practice Hatha Yoga. It's a kind of yoga focusing on physical and mental strength building exercises and postures - that's what Wikipedia says. Yoga is good for everyone and for everything. It helps to lose weight, build strong muscles, become more flexible. It improves our health. For example: it's good for headache, people with depression, improves heartbeat, digestion, speeds up the metabolism, helps to treat and cure various diseases and fight stress, improves mental well-being and mood and much more. I'm in the beginners group so I learn everything from the beginning. How to breath properly and how to do some easy asanas (positions). With time I will get to know more and I will can do more. You can't learn yoga in one month, It takes time.
Yoga taught me to be good for myself. So do something for yourself too. Start from little things. I belive that people can do a lot if they really want. But there are some conditions. At first you can't be lazy. Second is that you can't give up. Third is to belive in your capabilities. Fourth is to not to care what other people think. Five is to be patient. Every hard thing needs time. Nothing comes easy. It's nice to know that you achieved something. And remember: if you're getting stronger physically then you're getting stronger mentally.

My first experience with real meditation.

So after a month long break of writing i decided to come back here. Why? Because i want. That's all. And today i've got something completely new, i think. Tibetan gongs and singing bowl. This year i wanted to go for yoga classes. And i did. Yesterday i was there for one hour meditation with Tibetan gongs. Some people are relaxed while this meditation, some are sleeping and some of them want to leave the class because it's annoying for them. Everybody reacts different. What about me? I wasn't sleeping. I was thinking about everything. I had some weird "visions". After that i was sleepy and a little bit weak but in my opinion it's because i was laying for an hour under my blanket. Some of these instruments were like quiet sound of the sea and some were too high-pitched for me. The woman who played the gongs  was sometimes singing. I can't tell you that i felt good or bad. It was something new for me. I wasn't very relaxed because i'm ill and i have a runny nose and sore throat so it was annoying. But I would recommend this form of meditation. It was great experience and i will go there again to see if i will feel the same or maybe better. I think we should be open for new things, especially those related to self-improvement. It's music therapy, it gets rid of negative feelings and it helps us to become better person.