This yoga studio works for me. It is a place I always want to return to and I love the fact that I can always drop in and it seems fresh and new even though it's the same routine.
For me, NH Power Yoga functions a gym with a personal trainer, a sanctuary, and sauna/ all in one. The high-ceiling room with its spotless hardwood floors and rag-brushed walls transports me to an urban loft that could just as well be in NYC, LA, or Toronto. There on my own mat, coached to use my "drishti", I have a sense of privacy and solitude despite the sea of fellow travelers I hear breathing and occasionally hopping forward on their mats behind me. Although I can do the rigorous routine of free body flow--bending, stretching, twisting, "core" work, and distributing weight through all limbs--at home, it's much more efficient and rewarding to do it in studio. At home I never get through it all without interruption, and I don't get the tingling sensation in my skin and hair from the sweat of exertion in 90+ degrees F heat.
I so look forward to that refreshing cool breeze that eases in just before the cool down starts. And I cherish the first steps and breaths of fresh air as I leave the studio. And the sense of equanimity I'll enjoy effortlessly for the next 24 hours or so. No wonder I keep coming back. It's a place for personal renewal that has protected me from once crippling chronic back pain. I can't think of a better therapy with lower side effects, to the wallet or the body. It's my secret to good health.
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