I’ve been meaning to take up yoga. I can ski the steeps, mountain bike the technical single track, but have trouble bending over to tie my shoes.
Here’s some incentive to start yoga, something I’ve been threatening to do for decades:
Funny because I have a friend who owns a yoga studio, and she’s a wine lover as well. She has done a series of seminars which combine the two and gets a lot of flak from other yogis. I guess they can have a quite puritanical attitude when it comes to things like alcohol.
Bradley Brown’s wife operates a yoga studio called Shakti Yoga Shala up at the Big Basin Winery. I always wanted to take a class up there.
I am a huge fan of yoga, and cannot recommend it enough. It not only helps with many other athletic endeavors, but also helps with your psyche (calmness, patience, insomnia, etc.).
I started slowly: local classes 3 days/week at a 24-hour fitness, and worked my way up to a local hot yoga studio. I would stress that if you are going to an intermediate / advanced route to start, that you set your expectations low, and don’t give yourself a hard time if you have to rest during class.
I’ve occasionally had a glass of wine before yoga, but generally try to avoid. The classes I attend involve a fair amount of balancing, inversions and focus, none of which are facilitated by even the slightest buzz. One can easily hurt themselves doing yoga improperly. Having an empty stomach also is best, in my opinion.
In Bordeaux, everyone spits their wine before yoga.